Alexander 'Aleco' (Alexander) Ionides & Zambelou ‘Isabella’ (Ambrose) Sechiari

Family Group Sheet

NameAlexander 'Aleco' (Alexander) Ionides, 7C5R

Birth14 Jan 1840, Tulse Hill, London, England

Death31 Jul 1898, London, England

MemoArgenti says 20 Jul 1898

Burial4 Aug 1898, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England

Baptism23 Feb 1840, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England

Residence1888, 20 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England

ResidenceHomewood, Esher, Surrey, England

MemoWere living there in 1915 when their son was killed.

Residenceabt 1880, 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, England

MemoHe succeeded his father at this address in 1877 or 1880. Were living there in 1915 when their son was killed.

OccupationMerchant.

OriginConstantinople.

Note 1The ‘tall young Greek’ in ‘Trilby’. Described in the Martineau Memoirs. Greek Consul-General 1884-94. Employed William Morris, Walter Crane, Philip Webb and others to redecorate the interior of No. 1 Holland Park, London. Left £10,026.00 in his will.

Note 2Aleco bought several paintings by his friend James Whistler: ‘Sea and Rain’, ‘Nocturne in Blue and Gold’, ‘Valparaiso Bay’, ‘Green and Grey’, ‘The Oyster Smacks, Evening’, ‘Arrangement in Grey’, ‘Portrait of the Painter’.

Note 3His portrait was painted by G. F. Watts and Legros. A group photograph shows him and five children at a five-barred gate at Homewood.

Note 4The pioneering collector of Hellenistic sculpture who “led the cult interest in Tanagra figurines which swept through the Aesthetic circle in the 1870s”.

God-parentsEustratius C. Ionides.

Flags***, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Ionides, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos

FatherAlexander Constantine (Constantine) Ionides (1810-1890)

MotherEuterpe (Lucas) Sgouta (1816-1892)

Marriage14 Aug 1875, London, England

Married MemoOr perhaps 14 Sep.

SpouseZambelou ‘Isabella’ (Ambrose) Sechiari, 6C2R

Birth21 Apr 1853, Marseille, France

Death19 Oct 1913, Esher, Surrey, England

MemoArgenti says 16 Oct. Vassiadis says Cobham, Surrey.

Note 1Her portrait was painted by G. F. Watts.

Flags***, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Galati, Giustiniani Ig, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Sevastopoulos, Vouro, Zizinia

FatherAmbrose (Paraskeva) Sechiari (1812-1876)

MotherPenelope (Georges) Zizinia (1823-1889)

Children

1 MAndrew Alexander (Alexander) Ionides, 7C1R

Birth10 Jan 1877, London, England

Death29 Oct 1939, Guildford, Surrey, England