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Leonidas (George) Zarifi[1, 2]

Male 1840 - 1923  (82 years)


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  • Name Leonidas (George) Zarifi 
    Birth 16 Dec 1840  Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Sturdza says 1839
    Gender Male 
    Death 01 Mar 1923  Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Another source says died 1929 (Christopher Long)
    • DOD 31 July 1923 according to UK probate
    Notes 
    • Occupation: Banker, Constantinople and Marseille; until his death headed the banking house Zarifi-Eugenidi with Eustathios Eugenidi.
    • A 1910 sketch by Hassan shows a Leonidas and George Zarifi, Count Ostrorog, etc. (Christopher Long)
    • Bought a number of properties mostly on Princes Islands in the Bosphorus including an orphanage. He and his family wintered in mansions in Tepebasi and spent the summer on the Bosphorus. (Christopher Long)
    • His house at Therapia was sold by his sons in 1935. It was occupied by the American diplomat Morgenthau (married to a Ralli) during WWI, when Leonidas and Euphrosyne took refuge in Switzerland (cf. Henry Morgenthau, 'Secrets of the Bosphorus').
    • A 1911 discussion in the British House of Commons referred to the Imperial Ottoman Bank group as including Theodore Mavrogordato, Ulysse Negroponte, Georges Zarifi, Georges Coronio, Eustache Eugenidi, Z. Stefanovich, Leonidas Zarifi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi and A Vlasto.
    • Residence: at DOD 23 Rue Tepi-Bachi, Constantinople, Turkey.
    • Leonidas Zarifi is among the 15 bankers who signed an agreement with the Ottoman government in Nov 1879 to ensure sufficient capital, A. Du Velay, Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie : depuis le règne du sultan Mahmoud II jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1903, p. 400.
    Person ID I1434  Agelasto
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2015 

    Family Euphrosyne (George) Nicolopoulo,   b. 1857, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1933, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1879  Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Hélène (Leonidas) Zarifi,   b. 10 Jun 1882, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1976, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F586  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Dec 1840 - Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Sep 1879 - Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara, Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 01 Mar 1923 - Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Leonidas Zarifi
    Leonidas Zarifi
    Leonidas George Zarifi by Camille Silvy (1861)
    Leonidas George Zarifi by Camille Silvy (1861)
    Leonidas George Zarifi was photographed by Camille Silvy; Collection National Portrait Gallery, London--albumen print, 28 October 1860, 4 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (122 mm x 96 mm) image size
    Leonidas George Zarifi by Camille Silvy (1861)
    Leonidas George Zarifi by Camille Silvy (1861)
    Leonidas George Zarifi was photographed by Camille Silvy; Collection National Portrait Gallery, London--albumen print, 28 October 1860, 4 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (122 mm x 96 mm) image size
    Leonidas Zarifi 1929 probate
    Leonidas Zarifi 1929 probate

  • Sources 
    1. [S63] National Portrait Gallery, London UK.

    2. [S107] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.



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