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Schilizzi
List of people with surname Schilizzi, an Italianization of the surname of the Chiot noble : * Alexandra Helen Schilizzi (1904–1988), British lecturer and politician * Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (1839–1893), Greek banker and Italian consul * Helena Schilizzi (1873–1959), British philanthropist See also * Mausoleo Schilizzi, mausoleum built in the 1880s, commissioned by banker Matteo Schilizzi {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi
Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (many spellings; ; 1839–1893) was an Ottoman-born Greek banker in London and Paris, and later a steamship owner in Constantinople. He was also the acting Italian consul in Calcutta for some time starting in 1864, and an amateur composer. Life Demetrius was born in Constantinople to Zannis Stefanovich Schilizzi (1806–1888), one of the Schilizzi merchant and shipping family originally from Chios, and Eleni Vouro. The Schilizzi family was one of the trading dynasties that arose after the 1822 Chios massacre of the Greek War of Independence. Demetrius' uncle J. S. Schilizzi (1805–1892) was in the Black Sea grain trade at Livorno, and founded a London branch in 1837. Demetrius Schilizzi began his banking career in Paris. In 1871 Demetrius Schilizzi was living in Surrey Gardens, Hyde Park, London, with J. S. Schilizzi. In 1873 the London firm Schilizzi & Co. was restructured, with J. S. Schilizzi retaining the name, and Demetrius and two other family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Schilizzi
Helena Stefanovich Schilizzi (, ''Elena Skylitsi-Stefanovik''; 18 September 1873 – 7 September 1959), was a wealthy Greek-British philanthropist, and second wife of the Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos. Early life Helena Stefanovich Schilizzi was born in Bayswater, London, the daughter of John Stefanovich Schilizzi and Virginia Sechiari Schilizzi. Her parents were both Greeks with origins in Chios, but according to the surname Stefanovich her father could have been of Serb origin; born in Constantinople, her father was a wealthy merchant. Philanthropy and other contributions In 1917, Helena Schilizzi endowed the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, a professorship at King's College London, to promote studies in modern Greek literature and history. The first holder of the Koraes Chair was historian Arnold J. Toynbee, from 1919 to 1924. Schilizzi donated money for hospitals, theatres, schools, and for war relief and other emergencie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Helen Schilizzi
Helen Argenti (' Alexandra Helen Schilizzi; 28 April 1904 – 23 March 1988) was a British lecturer and Liberal Party politician. She was made a Grand Officer of the Holy Sepulchre, an Officer Order of Evpomas, and awarded the Greek Commemorative Naval Medal. Background Argenti was born the third daughter of Stephen John Schilizzi and Julia Lucas Schilizzi (née Ralli) of Loddington Hall, Kettering. She was a niece of the Greek Prime Minister, Eleftherios Venizelos, who married her aunt, philanthropist Helena Schilizzi. She had a Greek Orthodox upbringing. The family moved to Guilsborough Court, Northampton. Her father was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1915. In 1930 she married Philip Pandely Argenti. They had a son, Pandely Paul Laurence Stephen Argenti and two daughters. Career Argenti played a role in support of the Allies in World War I. She organised help for the Venizelist troops, being responsible for a fund that supplied the troops with basic clothing. After the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
