Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameTimoleon (Pandely) Vlasto, 3C4R
Birth10 Jun 1823, Vienna, Austria
Death?
Residence1849, 15 St. James Square, Westminster, London, England
MemoDescribed as ‘lodgings’.
OccupationMerchant.
Note 1Grateful thanks to Mark Thomas for all following notes (2008-12): At Bow Street magistrates court on 3 Mar 1849 he was remanded in custody regarding the theft of coins from the British Museum. Proceedings against him went on at least until 10 Apr 1849.
Note 2On 4 Apr 1849, T. B. Macaulay (1800-1859) wrote in his diary: "In the morning I had to go to the Museum about a case of theft - an opulent Greek merchant who has been pilfering, not for lucre, but from a passion for art and antiquity...”
Note 3Macaulay’s account continues: “... Peel was there, Goulburn, Mahon, The Archbishop [of Canterbury] in the Chair. I was strongly for severity; and the majority agree with me.”
Note 4Timoleon had apparently become fascinated over several months with ancient Greek and Roman coins in the BM's Medal Room. After a label was found on the floor, the museum was alarmed. A police search found coins at Vlasto’s lodging
Note 5He pleaded guilty to various charges, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court in London on 7th May 1849 and sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia.
Note 5He was one of 250 convicts on the 594 ton "Lady Kennaway" (captain: J. Santry) which sailed from Portsmouth on 5 Feb 1851 arriving in Van Dieman's Land on 27 May 1851. Thomas Timoleon Vlasto appears to have married on 29 Jan 1853 in Sydney, NSW.
Note 5On 5 Mar 1853 'The Courier' of Hobart, Tasmania reported the marriage by 'special license' at Christ Church, Sydney, of “T.T. Vlasto, Esq. of Trieste, Austria, to Eliza, 2nd daughter of James Sanders, Esq. of Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land”.
Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Vlasto
FatherPandely (Alexander) Vlasto (1791-1824)
MotherMaria [Vlasto] (?-?)
Marriage29 Jan 1853, Christ Church, Sydney, Australia
SpouseEliza (James) Sanders
Birth?
Death?
Marr. WitnessPhilip D. Vigors, Clara Bener and Ellen Aaron, all of Sydney.
Note 1Second daughter of James Sanders of Hobart.
FatherJames Sanders (?-?)