NameDr Michel Ernest Theodore Dimitri (Ernest) Vlasto °, GG Grandson
Birth12 Feb 1888, 69 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e, France
Death29 May 1979, Gresham Lodge, Limpsfield, Surrey, England
MemoNatural
BurialJun 1979, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Residencebef 1900, 7 Rue Lamennais, Paris, France
Residence1911, 29 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
Residence1920s-1930s, 16 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
Residence1920s-1940s, Consulting Room, 26 Wimpole Street, Westminster, London, England
MemoConsulting Rooms
Residence1950s, Betsoms, Westerham, Kent, England
Residence1960s-1970s, Gresham Lodge, Limpsfield, Surrey, England
OccupationM.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon, London.
EducationLycée Carnot, Paris. Winchester College, England (A. K. Cook’s House 1901-04). University College Hospital, London (1905-10).
OriginFrance. Took British nationality 10 Apr 1911.
Note 1Légion d’Honneur (May 1919). Surgeon Lieutenant, Royal Navy 1914-18. Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon. Author of ‘The Nose, Ear and Throat for Nurses and Dressers’. A plaintiff in the 1921 Kessisoglu libel trial.
Note 2Following the death of his father in 1900, he came under the bullying influence of a guardian, his uncle Alec Ionides, who he came to loathe.
Note 3Surgeon at Queen’s Hospital for Children; St Luke’s Hospital for the Clergy; Aural surgeon at West Herts Hospital, etc. Surgeon-Lieutenant, R.N., 1914-19 seeing service in HMS Canopus, HMS London. etc., and Royal Navy Hospitals Malta and Portsmouth.
Note 4Played football for the United Hospitals Association 1908-10, member of the British Skiing Association, golf. Clubs: the RAC and the Anglo-Hellenic.
Note 5One of the first investors in Rowley Atterbury’s Westerham Press in the 1950s.
Marr. WitnessSt Sophia 19-06-1919: Alexander C. Ionides and Dr Constantine Leonidas Lambrinudi. Lambrinudi was Michel’s great friend, colleague and cousin. He detested ‘Uncle Alec’, his guardian, who must have been imposed on him as a witness.
Flags***, Argenti, Boscovic, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Dwerniki, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Kaplanoglou, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Vlasto, Zarifi