Paul Harold (Pandia) Rodocanachi

Notes:

Occupation: Clerk in trade

Education: Eton. Exeter College, Oxford.

Known as Harold Paul [or maybe Paul Harold] Rodocanachi. In WWI served as Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in France and the Balkans. Temp. Lt. P. H. Rodocanachi relinquishes his commn. on account of ill-health, 19 Jan 1919, and retains the rank of Lt.(London Gazette 17 Jan 1919).

Residence, England: 8 Orme Square, Bayswater, London; 1918, 3 Prince's Gate, Kensington, London; 1939, 15 Connaught Square, Westminster, London; 1948, 18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place, London; at DOD "Wincote," 8 Briarfield Road, Heswall, Cheshire.

Lt. Paul Harold Rodocanachi (147781) was in the Royal Army Pay Corps (London Gazette 1 Oct 1940). General List Infantry: Lt. & Paymr. P. H. Rodocanachi (147781), from R.A.P.C., to be Lt. i5th Aug. 1942, retaining his present seniority, and relinquishing the appt. of Paymr. (London Gazette 8 Dec 1942). Movement Control Section: Lt. P.H. Rodocanachi (147781) from Gen. List (Inf.) to be Lt. 24 May 1943 retaining his present seniority. (London Gazette 22 Jun 1943).

He co-administered his father's estate.

He co-administered the estate of Virginia Schilizzi

Harold Rodocanachi [11 Westbourne Street] appears on the 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster; thereafter as Paul Harold Rodocanachi [15 Connaught Square] 1938, 1945, 1946 Paddington/Westminster; 1939 Paddington South/Westminster; as Paul H Rodocanachi [18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place] 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 St Marylebone/Westminster.


1901 England census: 34 Pont Street, Chelsea, London household headed by Pandia Rodocanacki, 35, living on own means; wife Alexandra, 31; sons Peter, 10; Harold, 7; Theodore, 3; daughter Jenny, 8; & 9 servants.

1911 England census for St Mary House, Bradford Abbas, Sherborne, Dorset includes as border with the family headed by Rev. Gordon Bolles Wickham, Paul Harold Rodocanachi, 17, b. London.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Paul Harold Rodocanachi, b. 1893, Kensington, London; Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 1896, Paddington; Catherine Daphne Rodocanachi, b. 1920, Paddington; for a household in Paddington, London.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 103 Portsea Hall, Paddington, London, lists Paul H Rodocanachi, b. 12 Nov 1893, Banker; wife Mary M Rodocanachi [annotated Melita Mary Rodocanachi], b. 21 Mar 1896, Unpaid Domestic Duties; and Jenny H Rodocanachi, b. 15 Dec 1892, single, Private Means.

Christened:
God-parents: Alexandra Schilizzi.

Died:
His estate was handled by Guy Williams & Co., 31 North John Street, Liverpool 2, Solicitors; and Michael Heald and his nephew Cecil Matthew Rodocanachi (London Gazette 12 March 1968).

Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 3 Feb 1968. "He died peacefully, in hospital, after a short illness."

His estate was valued at £69,777 (duty paid £69,175) (The Times [London] 30 Apr 1968).

Buried:
plot 29183, sq. 28, Greek plan 49-50, reg. pg. 19704, no. 86798

Paul married Maria Melita (Constantine) Vassiliadi on 11 Apr 1918 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Maria (daughter of Constantine (Manoli) Vassiliadi and Fanny (Michael) Mavrogordato) was born on 21 Mar 1896 in London, England UK; was christened on 16 May 1896 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 23 Oct 1982 in Gloucestershire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A 1948 press report of her marriage describes her wearing a £3,000 necklace given to her by her 80 year-old 'aunt' [sic], Mrs Pantia Ralli. This was her cousin Arghyro Ralli (née Sechiari) born Sep 1868.

Helen Vlasto (1920-2001) refers to Daphne: they appear to have been presented at court as debutantes in the same year, 1939. Winner of Country Life horse trophy at Burley (sic).

Katherine D Rodocanachi [18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place] appears on the 1945 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Tower Hamlets county/borough; 1946, 1947, 1948 St Marylebone/Westminster.

Katherine Daphne Waite, 33 Montagu Sq., London W.1., daughter Nicola Windsor Waite, 7, b. 31 Dec 1951 [an error] and Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 21 Mar 1896, same address, arrived Southampton, England from Durban, South Africa, 13 Feb 1959 aboard the Pendennis Castle.

Residence, England: 1975, 11 Gloucester Place Mews, W1, London; 1985, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Paul Harold Rodocanachi, b. 1893, Kensington, London; Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 1896, Paddington; Catherine Daphne Rodocanachi, b. 1920, Paddington; for a household in Paddington, London.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Chyngton House, Seaford, Sussex, lists Katherine Rodocanachi, b. 17 May 1920, Single, Spinster.

Christened:
God-parents: Theodore and Aikaterini Sechiari.

Died:
Death of Katherine Daphne Waite reported in The Times [London], Feb. 10, 2011 and The Telegraph on-line.

Buried:
Funeral at the Church of St John the Baptist, Cherington on 11 Feb., 2.30 p.m.

Catherine married Capt. Nigel Windsor (Percival) Waite on 27 Nov 1948 in Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, England UK. Capt. (son of Percival Clarence Windsor (Nuthaniel) Waite and Katherine Taylor Tait) was born on 25 Aug 1924 in Galashiels, Selkirk, Scotland UK; died on 17 Feb 1994 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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