Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameConstantine ‘Conny’ (Pandely) Ralli Scaramanga-Ralli JP, GGGG Grandson
Birth17 Jul 1854, London, England
Death17 Mar 1934, Shiraz, Birchington-on-Sea, Thanet, Kent, England
Burial20 Mar 1934, All Saints Church, Birchington-on-Sea, Thanet, Kent, England
Baptism24 Aug 1854, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Residence1910, West Hill Manor, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England
Residence2 Lygon Place, Grosvenor Gardens, Westminster, London, England
OccupationBanker in New York.
EducationHarrow (1869-73). Brasenose College, Oxford.
Note 1(Chaviara-Chatta) He changed his name to Scaramanga-Ralli (on 8 Aug 1910 by Royal Licence), though his nearest known Scaramanga forebear was his great-great grandmother...
Note 2In 1910 he was Liberal parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight (The Leasowes, Shanklin) and owned West Hill Manor at Shanklin. In 1913 he became a magistrate. He was the author of three books (1906, 1907 and 1908).
Note 3Novelist: ‘Vanessa’, ‘The Wisdom of the Serpent’, ‘The Missing Monarch’, ‘Julian Steele’, etc. and author of numerous articles on Compulsory Service and kindred subjects.
Note 4Was he in any way connected with a bull & bear medallion dated 1933 (an image of which was sent to CAL in 2009 by Matt McKay) inscribed Lee Ralli & Company, perhaps connected with the brokerage house C. J. Devine & Co.
Note 5Changed his name to Scaramanga-Ralli to inherit West Hill House, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, from his aunt Julia Ralli (1826-1910). In financial difficulties during WWl, forced to sell house in 1921, bankrupted in 1923. They ended life in a rented bungalow.
Note 5He and his wife Julia share a tomb with their ‘friend and accountant’ Maurice Edgar Douglas...
God-parentsMarigo E. Ralli.
FlagsArgenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, London, Mavrogordato, Maximo, OurSaviourLondonWall, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Ralli(Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Vlasto
Marriage28 Apr 1903, New York City, New York, USA
SpouseJulia Townsend (Edward) Lawrence
Birth1860, Bayside, Long Island, Newport, NYC, USA
Death12 Apr 1933, Shiraz, Birchington-on-Sea, Thanet, Kent, England
Burial1933, All Saints Church, Birchington-on-Sea, Thanet, Kent, England
Note 1She left estate of £6,719 4s 6d. She first married a widower Maj. Robert Lyon Burnett (1839-1900) on 10 Sep 1884 in New York, his first wife being Sarah Elizabeth Vanderpoel in 1873.
Note 2Her son with Robert was Francis Edgar Burnett (1886-1964) who moved to Britain in 1903 and emigrated to Australia in 1925.
FatherSenator Edward Lawrence (1831-1883)
MotherHannah Mickle (1838-1881)
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