NameSir Lucas Eustratios (Eustratios) Ralli 1st Baronet, GGG Grandson
Birth30 Mar 1846, London, England
Death5 May 1931, Zurich, Switzerland
MemoIn a nursing home.
Burial9 May 1931, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
MemoAccording to The Times (London) 11 May 1931. Service at St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England. Patrick Streeter says 15 May 1931.
Baptism14 May 1846, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England
Residence2 Park Street, Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, England
Residence1881, 19 Sussex Square, London, England
OccupationDirector of Ralli Brothers. Listed in 1913 as a member of the Baltic Exchange (representing Ralli Brothers, of 25 Finsbury Circus, City of London).
EducationHarrow. Trinity College, Cambridge.
OriginChios.
Note 1(Chaviara-Axeskoufotos) 1st Baronet, created 8 Feb 1912. He and his wife gave a silver trowel to St Sophia Church, London, which had been used by his father to lay the church's foundation stone in 1877.
Note 2Joined Ralli Brothers in 1879 on the death of his brother John. Retired in 1892 and returned to the firm in 1902 and died in harness in 1931 aged 85. It was he who abandoned the American cotton business in 1903.
Note 3His first 'retirement' coincided with the arrival as directors of Theodore Anthony Vlasto and Ambrose Pandia Ralli who then died. Stephen P. Schilizzi (d. 26 Jun 1886) and Alexander Anthony Vlasto became partners in Ralli Brothers in 1879.
Note 4A letter dated 1 Jan 1902 tells St Sophia’s church that Lucas and Mr Eumorfopoulos (George?) have rejoined the firm which will now increase its financial support of the church. Knight of the Order of The Saviour. Officer of the Order of St Sepulchre.
Note 4Owner of a Rolls-Royce no. 2383 when he was already a baronet. He left estate of £2,172,000.
Note 5He was executor for his sister-in-law Minima Ralli (née Scaramanga) and shared £15,000 with his fellow executor Pandely Argenti and an additional £1,000 each for “a small souvenir”.
God-parentsMarietta Ralli.
Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Vlasto