NameEustratios Stephanos (Stephanos) Ralli, GG Grandson
Birth22 Apr 1800, Chios, Greece/Hellenes
Death1 Sep 1884, London, England
Burial6 Sep 1884, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
MemoHis huge vault apparently lies just outside the boundary of the Greek section of West Norwood Cemetery.
Residence1880s, Scio House, Putney Heath, London, England
Residence1844, 17 Hyde Park Square, Westminster, London, England
Residence1842, Office, 25 Finsbury Circus, City of London, England
OccupationFounding director of Ralli & Petrocochino (1818), Ralli Brothers London (1826) and Ralli Brothers Manchester (1827)
OriginChios. Livorno. Took British nationality 16 Jul 1847.
Note 1(Chaviara-Axeskoufotos) Laid the foundation stone at St Sophia Church, London, in 1877. Pan-Hellenic Calendar Journal: "The Patriarch of the Greeks in this place... this man's name will be related to that church for centuries."
Note 2Founded Ralli Bros in 1818 with his brother John. This, gazetted in 1826 as of 25 Finsbury Circus, London, grew into one of the greatest international trading houses and merchant banks with estates, warehouses and shipping fleets throughout the world.
Note 3One of the founders in 1842, with Alexander Constantine Ionides, Antonius Theodore Ralli and John Stephen Scilizzi, of the first dedicated cemetery for the London Greek community at West Norwood, London.
Note 4In 1858 he was a founding member of the Baltic Exchange in London. This consisted of an original 87 merchants, 13 Russian brokers, 2 Russian merchants, 4 'gentlemen' and 3 shipbrokers.
Note 4His 1875 mausoleum, designed by Edward Middleton Barry, at West Norwood Cemetery is a Grade ll listed monument. One of the three trustees who signed the contract on 1849 for the land on which the Greek Church at London Wall was built.
Note 4Officer of the Order of The Saviour. On 26-03-1868 Mary Ann Chadwell describes driving ‘with Mrs Peter Ralli's children to Putney to see the grounds of Mrs E. Ralli. Beautiful views over Wimbledon common’.
OccupationHe headed the Manchester branch of Ralli Brothers and on the death of his brother Pandia (‘Zeus’) became the patriarch of the Greek community in Britain.
Flags***, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Scaramanga, Sechiari