Person Sheet
Person Sheet
NameAlexandra ‘Amalia’ (Zannis) Scaramanga, 4C4R
Birth7 Jun 1857, Trieste, Italy/Austria
Death30 Apr 1945, Boscombe, Hampshire, England
Burial1945, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Note 1Presumably she was the Amalia Metaxa who was god-mother to Nicholas John (John) Mavrogordato b. 2 Jan 1916, bapt. 25 Mar 1916 at St Sophia, London, son of John (a writer of London) and Christine.
Marr. Witness2nd marriage: Marietta Scaramanga and G. M. Mavrogordato.
FatherZannis (Nicolas) Scaramanga Ritter von Altomonte (1793-1883)
MotherSmaragda (Alexander) Sevastopoulos (1812-1900)
Spouses
Birth10 May 1850, Constantinople, Turkey
Death3 Jan 1890, London, England
Burial7 Jan 1890, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Residence34 Gloucester Gardens, Hyde Park, London, England
OccupationMerchant.
OriginChios. A Nicholas Ambrose Mavrogordato of Turkey took British citizenship on 15 Oct 1877.
Note 1In the late 1800s he lived and traded with his brothers in London although the name of their firm is not known.
FatherAmbrouzis (Pandely) Mavrogordato (1804-1880)
MotherLoxandra (Theodoris) Ralli (1821-1913)
Marriage9 Jan 1878, Trieste, Italy/Austria
ChildrenJohn Nicholas (Nicolas) (1882-1970)
Alexandra (Nicolas) (1884-1909)
Ambrose ‘Bartie’ (Nicolas) (1878-1909)
2Dimitrios (George) Metaxa
Birthabt 1857, Syros, Greece/Hellenes
Death1 Feb 1928, London, England
MemoPresumably this is the Dimitrios Metaxa who died suddenly in a taxi on his way home...
Burial MemoStrange that he is not recorded as buried in the Hellenic Enclosure with his wife.
OccupationDiplomat and ambassador. Greek Minister in London (1895-1908).
EducationAthens.
OriginSyros.
Note 1Metaxa’s records say that he was the son of a George Metaxa and ‘of Syros’.
FatherGeorge Metaxa (?-?)
Marriage14 May 1915, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Married MemoOr 14 Feb 1915