Jack Anthony (Anthony) Vlasto

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Education: Charterhouse.

Occupation: Ralli Brothers from 1922, director in 1931. Succeeded his father as vice-chairman (later chairman) 1951-61.

Residence, England: 1939, 37 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London; 1948, The Cottage, Hurst, Berkshire; 1966, Hans Place, Knightsbridge, London.

Last chairman of Ralli Brothers. Deputy Joint Controller of the Ministry of Supply 1939-45. Left £1,093,715 in his will. One of two people who inspired Christopher Long to further and widen the genealogical researches of Philip Argenti.

Probate, estate co-administrator: Stephen Alexander Vlasto; George Eumorfopoulos.

He was a partner in Ralli Brothers (until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1962) with Godfrey Victor Ralli, Lucas John Ralli, Andrew Kenneth, John McBride and Brian Stuar, Theobald Somerset, and Caher Butler, carrying on business as Brokers, Dealers and Agents in Cotton Futures at Orleans House, Edmund Street, Liverpool, England (London Gazette 22 Jan 1963).

J.A. Vlasto, Baredown Hotel, near Hook, Hants. registered Nately Lodge, Ntely Scures, near Hook, Hants (London Gazette 8 Jan 1954)

Jack Anthony Vlasto [37 Ormonde Gate] appears on the 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939 UK electoral register, Chelsea parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough; [26 Ascot Court, Grove End Road] 1949, 1950, [11 Ascot Court, Grove End Road] 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

1911 England census: household at 6 Grosvenor Gardens S W, London, headed by Anthony Vlasto, 48, b. Liverpool, married 14 years, 4 children, all living, East India merchant; wife Erato, 37, b. Crawley Down, Sussex; son Jack, 7; daughters Eliza, 4; Viola, 2, all b. London; 12 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 7 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London, lists Jack A Vlasto, b. 12 Aug 1903, Vice President of Company; wife Christian Vlasto, b. 29 Jan 1903, Nurse of B.R.C.; and Stephen John Vlasto, b. 1 Jan 1895, single, Mercantile Assistant.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Jack Antony Vlasto, b. 1903, London; James Edward Fitzgerald Vlasto, b. 1907, Surrey; Alexander George Vlasto, b. 1904, India; in a household in Guildford, Surrey.

Christened:
God-parents: Eliza Scaramanga.

Jack married Doreen Monteith (James) Seaton Reid on 12 Nov 1924 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India . Doreen (daughter of James Seaton (Edward) Reid and Muriel Dora Scott Stewart (Matthew) Murray) was born on 01 Dec 1901 in Upper Norwood, London, England UK; was christened on 8 Jan 1902 in Surrey, England UK; died on 21 Oct 1925 in London, England UK; was buried on 24 Oct 1925 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jack married Christian Winifred (Thomas) Walker on 17 Apr 1930 in Chelsea, London, England UK. Christian (daughter of Thomas Hood Henderson (John) Walker and Christina Rosa (Thomas) Bell) was born on 29 Jan 1902 in Dundee, Scotland UK; died on 22 Dec 1943 in Belgravia Chelsea Nursing Home, 39 Royal Avenue, Chelsea, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jack married Elizabeth Olivia Marie (Hubert) Brock in sum 1946 in London, England UK. Elizabeth was born on 9 May 1906 in London, England UK; died on 15 Apr 1994 in Goldsborough N/H, Highgate, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Her death notice appeared in The Independent, 16 Jun 1988, p. 13.

Valerie married Donald John (Andrew) Ross on 02 Feb 1946 in St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London, England UK. Donald (son of Andrew Ross and Marie [Ross]) was born on 28 Feb 1923; died in 1967 in Taunton, Somerset, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Valerie married Michael James George (Jacques) de Pret-Roose in spr 1949 in London, England UK. Michael (son of Count Jacques (Anatole) de Pret-Roose and Countess Elizabeth (Charles) Garland) was born on 15 May 1925 in London, England UK; died on 1 Jan 1979 in Pazzalastock, Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Valerie married Anthony Hendrie Oakshott on 06 Aug 1965 in London, England UK, and was divorced after 1965. Anthony was born on 10 Oct 1929 in Cheshire, England UK; died on 11 Dec 2002 in North Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 2003-2010, 1 Brookhill Close, Copthorne, Crawley, West Sussex, England

May not be him: Andrew J Ross and Maureen A Watson registered their marriage Jul-Aug-Sep 1968, Horsham, Sussex, v. 5h, p. 1549.

Birth:
Birth noted in The Times [London], 5 Sep 1946, p. 1

Died:
The death of Andrew John Ross, 54, b. 2 Sep 1946, was registered Sep 2000, Eastbourne, Sussex, register A79E, district 4541A, entry 200.