NameConstantine Ioannes ‘Ipliktzis’ (Ioannes) Ionides, Grandson
Birth17 Mar 1775, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
MemoOr 12 Mar 1775.
Death12 Nov 1852, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
MemoOr 13 Nov 1852.
BurialFirst Cemetery, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Residence1844, Neochori, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Residence1827, Office: 14 Token House Yard, City of London, England
Residence1830, Office: 9 Finsbury Circus, City of London, England
OccupationMerchant. Banker in London.
OriginConstantinople.
Note 1One of the first Greek merchants to arrive in England. Known as ‘Ipliktzis’ (trader in yarns and fibres). Great benefactor of the Greek community of Constantinople and of the Greek state. Arrived in England either 1815 or 1827.
Note 2He traded with Theodore Strati Ralli and his brother-in-law Nicholas Thomas importing textiles to Turkey from England before 1820. Business collapsed during the 1821 Greek war. First used the Ionides name in England ca. 1839. Retired to Athens ca. 1842.
Note 3Lived by a motto from his father’s Will: ‘Never spend more than a third of your income, give away a third in charity, and save a third’.
Note 4His portrait by G. F. Watts hangs in the Victoria & Albert Museum while another portrait hangs in the Library of the First Grammar School in Piraeus. Catsiyannis says his first child John died in infancy.
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