Chadzi Stephanis (Zannis) Schilizzi

Notes:

Eldest son. Catsiyannis describes him as the richest man on Chios in 1822 and a prime target for the invading hordes seeking gold.

Family/Spouse: Hypatia (Zorzis) Calvocoressi. Hypatia (daughter of Zorzis (Zannis) Calvocoressi and Maria (Loucas) Negroponte) was born on 28 Jul 1765 in Chios, Greece; died on 25 Feb 1832 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died aged eight. Probably born around 1780-1800.

Family/Spouse: George (Louka) Cetembesi. George (son of Louka Cetembesi and Loula [Cetembesi]) was born in 1780 in Chios, Greece; died on 09 Jan 1843 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She arrived in Constantinople on 5 Jun 1840 with her son Paul. Her brother Zannis paid 5,000 grossia each to St John's Church, Galata, and to St Victor, Chios, for masses to be read for her by a bishop every year on 30th Jan.

She was forced at knife-point to watch her husband being decapitated but escaped with her mother and son after after handing over the family's gold.

Family/Spouse: Petros Paul (Paul) Rodocanachi. Petros (son of Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi and Ioanna (George) Ralli) was born on 04 Dec 1791 in Chios, Greece; died on 23 Apr 1822 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stefanovich, from Italy. Certificate 4876 issued 13 November 1865.

Died:
Estate valued at £203,150 9s 8d, administered at London 1 Aug 1892 by Pandely Ambroise Mavrogordato, Pandely Leonidas Argenti, Michael George Mavrogordato and Joseph Benson, esq.

Buried:
register entry A10721

D Plaisco [Archimandrite D. Plesas] presiding

burial plot no. 15803, reg. pg. 10195,no. 10721.

Family/Spouse: Alexandra (Pandely) Mavrogordato. Alexandra (daughter of Pandely (Nicolas) Mavrogordato and Zennou (Michael) Vlasto) was born on 02 Jun 1819 in Chios, Greece; died on 13 Sep 1897 in London, England UK; was buried in 17 Sep 1897 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He donated funds for the construction of the Greek church, 5-7 rue Bizet, Paris, but died before the project was finished. His son, Paul presided over the work's completion. (Revue des études grecques (Paris), 1888.)

Z. Stefanovich 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.

Died:
UK Foreign Office: Supreme Court, Constantinople, Turkey (formerly Ottoman Empire): Case Files: 1886, Faliero Paolo, late Z. Stefanovich Schilizzi: Estate.

Probate gives DOD as 14 Mar 1886.

His sons Demetrius and John handed his estate, valued at ￡502,828 3s. 11d.

Zannis married Eleni (Dimitri) Vouro on 25 Jan 1834 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Eleni was born on 13 Jan 1816 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 21 Jan 1876 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; was buried on 27 Jan 1876 in Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Loula married Luca (Paul) Rodocanachi on 25 Jun 1826 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. Luca (son of Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi and Ioanna (George) Ralli) was born on 25 Jul 1801 in Chios, Greece; died on 14 Jul 1832 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of typhoid fever at 6 pm. His uncle Zannis Schilizzi gave 5,000 grosia to St John, Galata, for masses to be said every year on the anniversary of his birth and death. 1,000 grosia were given to St Victor's cathedral, Chios for an annual mass.

A marginal note in the diary of Zannis Schilizzi says that the family decided that the financial difficulties of St John's church in 1870 made it impossible for a bishop to celebrate the requiem mass.

Notes:

1871 England census: 74 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John Schilizzi, 63, retired merchant; wife Alexandra, 49, both b. Chios; son Paul J, 28, merchant, b. London; daughter-in-law Virginia, 20, b. Smyrna; daughter Fanny, 17 and granddaughter Alexandra, 1 yr, 2 ms, both b. London; & 8 servants.

Christened:
God-parents: Christos Vernoudaki representing John Vafeiadakis (of Livorno).

Birth:
Birth notice "of a son and heir" appeared in The Times (London) 2 Jun 1842, pg. 8.

Died:
Personal estate valued at under £160,000, administered at London 23 Apr 1879, and proved by John Stephen Schilizzi of 37 Finsbury Circus, father, and Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi, his cousin, of 25 Austin Friars, London, and Joseph Benson of 37 Finsbury Circus, Schilizzi & Co., executors.

Buried:
register entry 52411

Archimandrite H. Myrianthes [Archimandrite Jerome] officiating presiding

burial plot no. 15803, reg. pg. 6554, no. 52411.

Paul married Vierou (Ioannis) Sechiari on 05 May 1869 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Vierou (daughter of Ioannis (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Clementine (Nicolas) Scaramanga) was born on 05 Apr 1850 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 13 May 1939 in 2 Portman Court, Marylebone, London, England UK; was buried on 16 May 1939 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hypatia Schilizzi (née Schilizzi) was photographed by Camille Silvy, in 13 sittings, 1862-1866, Photographs Collection. National Portrait Gallery (UK)

Christened:
God-parents: Matthew Schilizzi.

Name:
Buried as Hypatia Theodore

Buried:
burial plot no. 12856, sq 28, no. 39 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 4301, no. 34385.

Hypatia married Theodore Emmanuel (Emmanuel) Schilizzi, Esq. on 28 Apr 1866 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Theodore (son of Emmanuel (Theodore) Schilizzi and Vierou (Leonidas) Argenti) was born on 14 Apr 1840 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 17 Nov 1887 in 99 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK; was buried on 22 Nov 1887 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1881 England census: 74 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John S. Schilizzi, 75, Levant East India merchant; wife Alexandra, 60, both b. Chios; son-in-law Pandely A. Mavrogordato, 29, general merchant, b. Constantinople; daughter Jeannie J., 33, b. London; & 7 servants.

Zennou ('Jenny') Mavrogordato (née Schilizzi) was photographed by Camille Silvy, in 10 sittings 1864-1865, Photographs Collection. National Portrait Gallery (UK)

Christened:
God-parents: Matthew Schilizzi representing Zannis Schilizzi (her uncle).

Buried:
Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 6 Feb 1931.

Funeral at St. Sophia Cathedral, 11 a.m.

Died:
Her will was proved by George Michel Mavrogordato, Leon Pandely Argenti, Pandia Peter Rodocanachi and George Eumorfopoulos (London Gazette 12 May 1931). She left estate of £214,083 to her nephews and nieces.

Zennou married Pantaleon Ambrose (Ambrouzis) Mavrogordato on 04 Jun 1867 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Pantaleon (son of Ambrouzis (Pandely) Mavrogordato and Loxandra (Theodoris) Ralli) was born on 04 Aug 1841 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 13 Oct 1914 in London, England UK; was buried on 16 Oct 1914 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Fanny Argenti [16 Hyde Park Terrace] appears on the 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915 UK electoral register, Paddington South parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922 Paddington and St Marylebone/Westminster 1924, 1925, 1926 Paddington/Westminster.

Christened:
God-parents: Anthony Vlasto. (Zannis Schilizzi says his wife Eleni was a godmother, represented by Matthew Schilizzi).

Buried:
buried in plot 33130, sq 43, no. 253-254 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 16662, no. 62460 with her husband Pandely Argenti.

Died:
Her estate of £94297 7s. 6d. was administered by her son Leonidas Pandely.

Fanny married Pandely Leonidas (Leonidas) Argenti on 14 Feb 1880 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Pandely (son of Leonidas (Pandély) Argenti and Julia (Augustus) Ralli) was born on 10 Nov 1853 in London, England UK; was christened on 19 Dec 1853 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 06 Oct 1911 in London, England UK; was buried on 11 Oct 1911 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Appears to have been known as Stephanovich-Schilizzi. His father notes that his son Stephen left Constantinople on 5 Jun 1854 to arrive in London on 8 Jul 1854 and that the journey, via Livorno, Marseilles and Paris, took 33 days.

Christened:
God-parents: Mimina Schilizzi.

Died:
His mother was with him when he died at the home of his uncle Ioannis [John] Schillizi after four months illness with rheumatic fever.

Buried:
Stephen Schilizzi was buried in 1855, grave no. 7 [no. 4584], according to the Greek Cemetery registers; reg. pg. 1149, no. 9192. Then removed to plot 15094, sq. 42, no. 2, Greek plan, in 1874; finally removed 17 Dec 1908 to grave 32308.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: His maternal grandmother.

Notes:

Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi by Camille Silvy; albumen print, 30 April 1861; NPG Ax52746; National Portrait Gallery (UK).

Christened:
God-parents: His maternal grandmother.

Died:
His estate of ￡663,159 10s. 10d. administered by Joseph Benson, Pandely Leonidas Argenti and Michel George Mavrogordato.

A death certificate for this individual was not found at the Athens central vital statistics office (Old Town Hall, June, 2012).

Notes:

UK Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stefanovich, from Italy. Certificate B.70 issued 25 January 1871. Or Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stephen, from Italy. Certificate 4877 issued 13 November 1865.

He co-administered the estate of John Matthew Schilizzi.

John Stevanovich Schilizzi [25 Austin Friars; abode 93 Westbourne Terrace] appears on the 1893, 1894, [25 Austin Friars; abode 6 Cromwell Houses, South Kensington] 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, [25 Austin Friars; abode 31 Cromwell Road, South Kensington] 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909 England electoral register, City of London parliamentary division, City of London county/borough; Paddington North/Westminster; London/City of London.

Christened:
God-parents: Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi - his aunt).

Birth:
DOB from grave marker. Argenti says 21 Aug 1840.

Died:
Will dated 21 Nov 1904. He bequeathed £1,000 to the London Hospital and £1,000 to his clerk, Mr. Thomas Ashby ("An Estate of two Millions," The Times [London] 3 Nov 1908). The article notes: "By the falling in for death duties of the estate of the late Mr. Schilizzi the Exchequer benefits to the extent of about £286,000, duty being payable on the property at the rate of 10 per cent on the first million and 13 per cent on the balance, in addition to legacy duties."

Buried:
register entry A41313

Archimandrite Agathangelos Moschovakis presiding

burial plot 14564, mortuary chapel, reg. pg. 14019, no. 41313; then removed to plot 32308.

John married Virginia (Pandia) Sechiari on 18 Apr 1871 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Virginia was born on 05 Sep 1849 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 20 Jul 1929 in Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece; was buried on 08 Aug 1929 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Paul Stephanovok Scolitsi gave a priest's mourning vestment to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1861.

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 [although dead for a decade] and A Vlasto.

His father donated funds for the construction of the Greek church, 5-7 rue Bizet, Paris, but died before the project was finished. Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi presided over the work's completion. (Revue des études grecques (Paris), 1888.)

Paul Stefanovich-Schilizzi 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.

Christened:
God-parents: Matthew Schilizzi representing Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi - who was absent on Chios).

Died:
DOD on tombstone. Argenti says 23 May 1901.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: Zennou Mavrogordato (née Vlasto) representing her daughter Alexandra Schilizzi (who lived in London).

Died:
Died on meningitis which began on the 19th June.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi).

Died:
DOD from death certificate. The family was staying in the Hotel de Bade [now apparently the Inter-Hotel London]; the manager of this hotel, Edward Ziegler, was one of the signatory attestants on her death certificate.

Buried:
There is no record in the cemetery office of her tomb, nor of a Greek section.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: Ioannis 'John' Schilizzi (his uncle).

Notes:

Birth:
Sturdza says 1827.

Catina married Pandely (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi in 1847. Pandely (son of Emmanuel (Pandely) Rodocanachi and Oriettou (Michael) Vlasto) was born on 27 Jul 1818 in Chios, Greece; died on 22 Sep 1882 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Church records record her variously as Zoë, Zanni, Zenni, etc...

Ioanna married Matthew (Zannis) Schilizzi in 1850 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. Matthew (son of Zannis (Miké) Schilizzi and Vierou (Matthew) Vafiadakis) was born in 1816 in Chios, Greece; died on 11 Oct 1856 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1871 England census: 74 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John Schilizzi, 63, retired merchant; wife Alexandra, 49, both b. Chios; son Paul J, 28, merchant, b. London; daughter-in-law Virginia, 20, b. Smyrna; daughter Fanny, 17 and granddaughter Alexandra, 1 yr, 2 ms, both b. London; & 8 servants.

1881 England census: 3 Prince's Gate, London household headed by Virginia Schilizzi, widow, 30, b. Smyrna, naturalized British subject; daughters Alexandra, 11, Hypatia, 9, both b. London; Arghiro [John] Sechiari, 12, b. France; & 9 servants.

1891 England census: 13 Hyde Park Terrace household headed by Pandia Rodocanachi, 25, merchant Russian trade; wife Alexandra, 21; son Peter P., 3 mos, all b. London; & 9 servants.

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 Dunchurch Nr Rugby, Warwickshire, household headed by Pandia P. Rodocanachi, 45, married 21 years, 4 children, all living; private means; wife Alexandra, 41, b. son Peter, 20, single, student; all b. Paddington, London; 7 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Wildcroft Manor Flat No. 29, Wandsworth, London, lists Alexandra Rodocanachi, b. 3 Feb 1870, Widowed, Unpaid Domestic Worker; and Theodore Rodocanachi, b. 7 Jul 1897, Single; Motor Engineer Car Salesman, Organiser.

Christened:
God-parents: Dimitrios Z. Schilizzi.

Died:
She left £82,043 gross, £76,830 net (duty paid, £46,234) and bequeathed £1,000 to St. Sophia Cathedral for general purposes The Times (London), 1 Mar 1958, pg. 8.

Alexandra married Pandia Peter (Peter) Rodocanachi on 12 Oct 1889 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Pandia (son of Peter Pandia (Pandia) Rodocanachi and Zenni (Georges) Sechiari) was born on 03 May 1865 in London, England UK; was christened on 11 Jun 1865 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 27 Oct 1936 in Toft House, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, England UK; was buried on 30 Oct 1936 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hypatia Schilizzi [3 Princes Gate SW7] appears on the 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937 England electoral register, City of Westminster parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough, [2 Portman Square, Portman Court W1] 1938, 1939 St Marylebone/Westminster.

1911 England census: household at 3 Princes Gate, S W, London, included Hypatia Schilizzi, 39, daughter, single, no occupation; Josephine Waud, 70, single, companion; Edith Kathleen Somerset Hillier, 33, companion; 4 servants.

Residence, England: 1901, 3 Princes Gate, London; 1938, 2 Portman Square, Portman Court, London W1; at DOD 17 Hillrow, Richmond Hill, Surrey.

Christened:
God-parents: Clementine J. Sechiari (represented by Paraskeva J. Sechiari).

Buried:
buried plot 15803, sq 27, Greek plan no. 17-18, reg. pg. 18420, no. 76322

Notes:

He administered his mother's estate.

He administered the estate of Julie Argenti.

Leon Argenti [16 Hyde Park Terrace] appears on the 1924, 1925, 1926 UK electoral register, Paddington South parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 10 Ennismore Avenue, Guildford, Surrey, lists Leon P Argenti, b. 7 Jan 1882, Director of Companies (Merchant Bank), Last war Rank of Captain; wife Nellie Argenti, b. 30 May 1891; Fanny Argenti, b. 20 Jul 1915, single, Hospital Aid Asst.

Christened:
God-parents: Leonidas P. Argenti (represented by Eugenia L. Ralli).

Buried:
Cemetery 1956 register midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 8, 74 years old, Anvers, entry 101.

Leonidas married Hélène Olga (Etienne) Zarifi on 22 Jul 1914 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Hélène (daughter of Stephane George (George) Zarifi and Marika Anagnostaki) was born on 30 May 1891 in cours Pierre Puget 27, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 08 Dec 1979 in rue Rodocanachi 7, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 11 Dec 1979 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 16 Hyde Park Terrace, London, England

Education: Marlborough, England.

Portrait in the Koraïs Library, Chios.

He was godfather to his niece Georgina Argenti.

John Pandely Argenti, 48, merchant, able to read Flemish, English, French, British citizen, Greek race, b. Capelle, London, England arrived New York, 6 Jun 1933, from Le Havre, France aboard the Paris, with wife Francoise, 24, French race, b. Autun France and [son] Tristan, 8 months, Greek race, b. New York.

John P Argenti, 54, no occupation, French/English speaker, Greek race, b. London, England, arrived New York City, 28 Aug 1939, from Le Havre, France aboard the Normandie.

J.P. Argenti is included in the list: Greek presence in India between 1900-1050 from Thacker's Directory and Greek Church archives.

1911 England census for 16 Hyde Park Terrace, W, London, John P Argenti, 27, single, b. Paddington, London, merchant, Ralli Brothers.

1930 US federal census for the household living at 67 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York headed by James Argenti, renter, 45, single, b. England, parents b. England, mother tongue Greek, merchant, importer; and two servants.

1940 US federal census, 51 E 72d Street, New York, New York: John P. Argenti, 56, divorced, b. New York, income $5000; son Tristin J., 7, b. New York; 3 servants.

Christened:
God-parents: John Stephen Schilizzi.

Birth:
12 Nov 1884 according to the published baptism record

John married Anne Françoise Marguerite Marie Henriette (Gaston) de Masin on 26 Oct 1931 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Anne (daughter of Comte Gaston Charles Alfred de Masin and Marie Louise Albine Mathilde Philomène du Couëdic de Kergoualer) was born on 26 Jan 1909 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France; died on 30 Sep 1960 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Does he appear in a painting in the Koraïs Library, Chios? (Christopher Long)

Christened:
God-parents: Joanna Mavrogordato.

Buried:
Cemetery 1891 register line entry 2445. carré 2, ter grec, no. 8, residence Prado.

Notes:

Without this man's work and devotion, the family histories of Chios which are on this website today would no doubt have been substantially lost. We all owe Mr. Argenti our most profound gratitude.

Education: Winchester. Christ's Church College. Oxford. Read Law at Athens

Occupation: Diplomat. Historian of Chios. Genealogist.

Residence: bef 1974, The Kampos, Chios, Greece; 1930, 25 Half Moon Street, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, England; 1939, 8 Prince's Gardens, Kensington, London, England; 16 Hyde Park Terrace, Westminster, London, England; 42 Rue de Bucharest, Athens, Greece.

His portrait hangs in the Koraïs Library, Chios. Author of 'Libro d'Oro de la Noblesse de Chio' (OUP 1955 2 vols); History of Chios (with L. M. Calvocoressi and D. P. Petrocochino, 1928); and numerous other publications relating to Chios.

OBE (Mil.). Lt (Reserve) Greek Cavalry. Grand Officer of the Order of St Sepulchre. Officer of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia). Greek War Medal. Greek War Medal. Serbian Medal for Bravery.

Served in the Venizelist forces throughout the Macedonian attack in WWI and in the 3rd Greek Cavalry Regt. His portrait was painted by Laszlo in Apr 1930.

The Argenti estate in the Kampos, Chios, where Philip once lived has been converted into a lodge, the Argentikon, which was toured on the 2009 Agelasto family reunion (photos).

1901 England census: 16 Hyde Park Terrace household headed by Pandely Argenti, 47, East Indian merchant; wife Fanny, 46; son Philip, 9, all b. 'London Greek'; daughter Julia, 7, b 'Eastbourne Greek, Sussex;' & 11 servants.

Philip Argenti [16 Hyde Park Terrace] appears on the 1927 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; [57 Princes Gate Mews - abode: 1 Stanhope Street W2] 1933, [abode: 8 Princes Gardens SW7] 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 Kensington/Kensington and Chelsea; 1939 Kensington South/Kensington and Chelsea; 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 London and Westminster/City of London.

Portrait of Philip Pandely Argenti National Portrait Gallery, U.K., Lafayette Ltd, whole-plate film negative, 20 February 1930; NPG x184442.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Foreign Office Overseas Legations lists Philip Argenti, b. 1 May 1892, Married, Honorary Greek Attaché; wife Alexandra Argenti, b. 28 Apr. 1904, domestic duties; Spiro X. Constantinidi, b. 1 Oct 1880, commercial counselor.

Christened:
God-parents: Eugenia Ralli.

Died:
His obituary appeared in The Times (London), Tuesday, Apr 16, 1974.

Buried:
buried in plot 33130, sq 43, no. 253-254 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 19821, no. 87731

Philip married Alexandra Helen (Stephen) Schilizzi on 20 Feb 1930 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Alexandra (daughter of Stephen Stephanovich (John) Schilizzi, JP and Julia (Lucas) Ralli) was born on 28 Apr 1904 in London, England UK; was christened on 19 Jun 1904 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 23 Mar 1988 in London, England UK; was buried on 28 Mar 1988 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1901 England census: 16 Hyde Park Terrace household headed by Pandely Argenti, 47, East Indian merchant; wife Fanny, 46; son Philip, 9, all b. 'London Greek'; daughter Julia, 7, b 'Eastbourne Greek, Sussex;' & 11 servants.

Queenie P Argenti [16 Hyde Park Terrace] appears on the 1927 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; as Julia Calvocoressi on 1929, 1935, 1937, [46a Hyde Park Gardens Mews - abode: 31 Green Street W1] 1938, 1939 City of Westminster/ Westminster; [31 Green Street W1] 1930 [and other years] as Queenie; 1951, Cities of London and Westminster; 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, London and Westminster/City of London.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 31 Green Street, City of Westminster, London, lists Julia Q Calvocoressi, b. 28 Aug 1897 [sic], Widowed, Independent.

Christened:
God-parents: Augustus Argenti.

Buried:
Funeral service at St. Peter's, Vere Street, W.1., London, 11 a.m.

Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 18 Jul 1963, pg. 1.

Died:
Her estate was valued at £55,229 gross, £55,036 net (duty paid, £30,921). She left £250 to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, £200 to the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables, Putney, £150 to the Church of all Souls, Langham Place (The Times (London) 15 Jan 1964).

Julia married George John (John) Calvocoressi on 05 Nov 1927 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. George (son of John (Matthew) Calvocoressi and Arghyro (Pandia) Sechiari) was born on 12 May 1880 in London, England UK; was christened on 01 Jul 1880 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 16 Mar 1937 in London, England UK; was buried on 20 Mar 1937 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Education: Harrow.

Occupation: Banker and stock broker

Residence, England: 1899, 15 Princes Gardens; 1908, 15 Princes Gardens SW; 1918, 42 Upper Grosvenor Street; 1923, Flat 7-9 Wellington Court, 116 Knightsbridge; 1926, Guilsborough Court, Northampton; 1926, Flat N, 82 Portland Place W1; 1930, Loddington Hall, Kettering; 1951, 601-602 Grosvenor House, Park Lane W1; at DOD Grosvenor House, Park Lane.

Land owner. Justice of the Peace. High Sheriff of Northampton. President of the Conservative Party of Kettering.

Stephen Schilizzi, 51, with his daughters Isabelle, 23, and Alexandra, 19, travelled from New York to Plymouth, England, on the Veendam arriving 1 Oct 1923.

S.S. Schilizzi, 23, traveled from Boston to Liverpool, England on the Cephalonia arriving 10 Jul 1894.

He was godfather to his grand-daughter Georgina Argenti.

1881 England census: 93 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John S. Schilizzi, 40, retired merchant; wife Virginia, 31, both b. Constantinople; son Stephen J., 8; daughter Helen, 9, both b. London; George Sechiari, brother-in-law, 19, foreign grain merchant, b. Constantinople; & 4 servants.

1911 England census: household at The Court, Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, headed by Stephen Schilizzi, 38, b. London, married 15 years; 4 children, all living, private means; wife Julia Schilizzi, 33, b. Cannes, France; daughters Mary Julia, 12, b. London; Margaret Isabella, 10, b. Folkestone, Kent; Alexandra Helen, 6, b. London; 13 servants.

Around 1910 Stephen Schilizzi purchased 42 Park Lane, part of the Grosvenor Estate, Mayfair. This and adjoining houses were demolished in 1927.

Stephen S Schilizzi and Julia Schilizzi both appear on the 1926, 1929, 1930 England electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough. As Stephen Schilizzi and Julia Schilizzi: [549 Salisbury House, abode - Guilsborough Court, Northampton] 1922, 1924, 1925, [549-550 Salisbury House, abode - Guilsborough Court, Northampton] 1927, [549-550 Salisbury House, abode - Loddington Hall, Kettering] 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939 City of London/ City of London; Both [42 Upper Grosvenor Street] 1918, [Flat 7-9 Wellington Court, 116 Knightsbridge] 1923- City of Westminster/Westminster; [Flat 7-9 Wellington Court, 116 Knightsbridge] both on 1922 City of Westminster and St Marylebone/ Westminster; [Flat N, 82 Portland Place W1] 1926, 1929, 1930, [Flat 4, 73 Portland Place W1] 1933, 1934; both, [457-459 Grosvenor House, Park Lane W1] 1948, 1950, [601-602 Grosvenor House, Park Lane W1] 1951, 1952 [the year she died], London and Westminster/City of London; both 1951 Cities of London and Westminster/ Westminster; Stephen alone 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 [year he died] for the same district. In addition Stephen Schilizzi: [15 Princes Gardens] 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, as Stephen Stepanovich 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, City of Westminster/Westminster; [550 Salisbury House, abode - Guilsborough Court, Northampton] 1920, 1937 City of London/London; [43 Princes Gate Mews, abode 15 Princes Gardens SW] 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 Kensington South/ Kensington; 1920 London/City of London; 1934 St Marylebone/ Westminster; 1945 Kensington/ Kensington and Chelsea.

Christened:
God-parents: Helen St. Schilizzi. (Zannis Schilizzi says she is his wife.)

Buried:
The funeral was first announced in The Times (London) 19 Jul 1961 and then covered 24 Jul 1961, pg. 12. Cars were arranged to meet train leaving St. Pancras as 12:10 p.m., arriving Kettering 1:30 p.m.

Funeral at Guilsborough parish church, Northamptonshire, England. The Rev. A.W.P. Jaggard officiated.

Died:
His estate was valued at £270,193 (gross, £271,076; duty paid, £170,587) (The Times [London] 8 Sep 1961).

Stephen married Julia (Lucas) Ralli on 11 Jan 1896 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Julia (daughter of Sir Lucas (Eustratius) Ralli, 1st Baronet and Eugenia (Leonidas) Argenti) was born on 15 Nov 1877 in Cannes, Alpes Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France ; died on 13 Oct 1952 in London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1881 England census: 93 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John S. Schilizzi, 40, retired merchant; wife Virginia, 31, both b. Constantinople; son Stephen J., 8; daughter Helen, 9, both b. London; George Sechiari, brother-in-law, 19, foreign grain merchant, b. Constantinople; & 4 servants.

Around 1912 Miss Helena Schilizzi commissioned the rebuilding of 41-42-43 Park Lane, Mayfair, part of the Grosvenor Estate, Mayfair. This and adjoining houses were demolished in 1927.

Christened:
God-parents: Hypatia P. Sechiari (her maternal grandmother).

Died:
DOD for Veniselos, Helena Stefanovitch (otherwise Helena), 29 Avenue George V, Paris 8e, France, Widow. Estate was handled by The Royal Bank of Scotland, 7 Burlington Gardens, London W.I. and John Stephen Schilizzi (London Gazette 16 Oct 1959).

Helena married Prime Minister Eleftherios (Kyriakos) Venizelos on 15 Sep 1921 in Westgate, Highgate, London, England UK. Eleftherios (son of Kyriakos (Petros) Venizelos and Styliani (Ioannis) Ploumidaki) was born on 23 Aug 1864 in Mournies, Crete, Greece; died on 18 Mar 1936 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]