Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameAlexander George (Luke) Ionides, 8C4R
Birth8 Apr 1870, London, England
Death2 Feb 1945, London, England
MemoHe died after one day’s illness.
Burial6 Feb 1945, Golders Green Crematorium, London, England
Baptism23 Jun 1870, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
ResidenceThe Old Vicarage, Markyate, St Albans, Herts, England
Residence1910-1911, 278 East Park Road, Leicester, England
MemoSee Kelly: Presumably a business address
OccupationEngineer. Admiralty experimental department.
EducationHarrow. Clare College, Cambridge. MIEE. F. Inst. P. MIAE. M.Far.Soc.
Note 1Lieutenant RNVR during WWl. 1939-40 Scientific researcher at HMS Vernon. His portrait was painted by Sholderer and by E. Stone.
Note 2At Harrow with Leo Amery - they shared a study and Winston Churchill is thought to have fagged for them.
Note 3He was an inventor of the Polyrhoe Carburetter (patented by A. G. lonides and J. W. Goddard in 1908-09).
God-parentsConstantine A. Ionides and Aglaia Coronio. (Burne-Jones is also believed to have stood as god-father and gave a silver beaker ‘beautifully decorated’).
Flags***, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Ionides, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos
FatherLucas Alexander ‘Luke’ (Alexander) Ionides (1837-1924)
MotherElfrida Elizabeth (George) Bird (1848-1929)
Marriage31 May 1897, St. Augustine's Church, Highbury, London, England
Married MemoSee The Times 2 Jun 1897.
SpouseAlice Wynne (Maurice) Phillips
Birth3 Mar 1876, Madras, India
Death15 Mar 1972, Cheverells, Markyate, Herts, England
Residenceabt 1950, The Old Vicarage, Markyate, Herts, England
Marr. WitnessLeo Amery was best man.
FatherRev’d Maurice Phillips (?-?)
MotherMary Collier (?-?)
Children
1 FElfrida Mary (Alexander) Ionides, 9C3R
Birth28 Sep 1898, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales
MemoArgenti says 24 Sep 1898.
Death7 Dec 1988, Leiston, Sussex, England
SpouseNicholas André (Ambrose) Argenti , 7C2R (1896-1961)
Marriage12 Jun 1920, London, England
Married MemoArgenti says 11 Jun 1920. See announcement in The Times 8 Jun 1920
Divorce1933
ChildrenAnne Virginia Henrietta (Nicholas) (1923-)
SpouseWilliam Lewis ‘Bill’ (William) Clarke (1903-1967)
Marriage12 Apr 1935, London, England
Birth22 Apr 1900, Burry Port, Wales
Death11 Jun 1944, Normandy, France
Burial1944, Commonwealth War Grave (VC8), Bayeux, France
SpouseAnne Joyce (Philip) Cooke (1903-1984)
Marriage17 Apr 1934, London, England
ChildrenAnthea Wynne (Theodore) (1935-)
Penelope Anne (Theodore) (1936-)
Birth19 Sep 1903, Enfield, Middx, England
Death1 Feb 1978, Tenby, Dyfed, Wales
Burial7 Feb 1978, Croydon Crematorium, Surrey, England
SpouseMargaret Emily ‘Peggy’ (Charles) Ford (1900-1985)
Marriage22 Jun 1929, London, England
ChildrenMargaret Elfrida (Michael) (1930-1930)
Christopher Luke (Michael) (1933-2000)
Elfrida Mary (Michael) (1936-)