Peter (Pandia) Ralli & Alexandra (Zannis) Ralli

Family Group Sheet

NamePeter (Pandia) Ralli, GGG Grandson

Birth16 Nov 1837, London, England

Death30 Jan 1868, London, England

MemoDied of consumption.

Burial4 Feb 1868, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England

Baptism23 Jan 1838, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England

Residence1868, 4 Hyde Park Place, London, England

OccupationMerchant.

EducationVassiadis thinks he was probably educated by tutors in London (e.g. the scholar Anastasios Agathidis) and then in France or Switzerland.

OriginLondon. Chios.

Note 1(Chaviara-Axeskoufotos) At West Norwood Cemetery, London, Peter Ralli is not mentioned on the tomb which records his wife Alexandra Peter Ralli and his children Marietta Scaramanga and Pantia Peter Ralli.

Note 2Had been weak and ill for a long time with tuberculosis and from at least 1862 (see Mary Ann Chadwell diaries). Left all his estate, worth £500,000, to his wife, according to Mary Ann Chadwell’s diary.

Note 3Mary Ann Chadwell’s 1870 diary: Monday 30th May: ‘Spent the day with Mrs Peter Ralli. Went with her to Mr Street, the architect, who has prepared plans for a mausoleum to be erected in Norwood Cemetery to her husband’.

Note 4In 1866 he endowed the ‘Pantia Ralli’ children’s ward at King’s College Hospital London, presumably as a memorial to his father who had died the year before.

God-parentsIoannis and Eustratius Ralli.

Flags***, Argenti, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scaramanga, Sechiari, Vlasto

FatherPandia ‘Zeus’ (Stephanos) Ralli (1793-1865)

MotherMarietta (Petros) Scaramanga (1810-1860)

Marriage15 Feb 1860, Marseille, France

SpouseAlexandra (Zannis) Ralli, GGGG Granddaughter

Birth23 Oct 1841, Odessa, Ukraine

Death31 May 1903, London, England

Burial4 Jun 1903, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England

OriginChios.

Note 1(Chaviara-Chatta) Honoured in Odessa in 1852. Described as an ‘indomitable’ personality with a ‘close interest’ in the progress of Ralli Brothers. She may be the figure seated far right in a c.1900 ‘Derby Day’ photograph (CAL’s collection).

Note 2Frequently mentioned in the journals of Mary Ann Chadwell who was almost certainly governess to Alexandra’s husband Peter Ralli and his sister Julia. M. A. Chadwell says Alexandra was ‘very pretty’ (the prettiest girl her mother had ever seen).

Note 3According to “Men of Property” by W. D. Rubinstein (1981) Alexandra Ralli appears to have been the first recorded millionairess at the time of her death with an estimated fortune of £1,012,000.

Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scaramanga, Sevastopoulos, Vlasto, Vouro

FatherZannis ‘John’ (Constantine) Ralli (1804-1876)

MotherMaria ‘Marigo’ (Ambrouzis) Scaramanga (1823-1901)

Children

1 FMarietta (Peter) Ralli, GGGG Granddaughter

Birth11 Dec 1860, London, England

Death20 Jan 1927, London, England

BurialGreek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England

SpouseJohn (Pandia) Scaramanga , GGG Grandson (1848-1907)

Marriage4 Feb 1882, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England

Married MemoArgenti says 2 Feb 1882.