Constantine ‘Conny’ (Pandely) Ralli Scaramanga-Ralli JP & Marion Gascoigne (Samuel) Haines

Family Group Sheet

NameConstantine ‘Conny’ (Pandely) Ralli Scaramanga-Ralli JP, 11G 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

FatherPandely Constantine (Constantine) Ralli (1814-1873)

MotherChariklea 'Harriet' (Eustratios) Ralli (1831-1919)

Other spousesJulia Townsend (Edward) Lawrence

Marriage4 Oct 1890, Netherwood, New Jersey, USA