NameMichael (Dimitrios) Spartali, 1C6R
Birth1818, Kurucesme, Bosphorus, Turkey
MemoAnother source says 1819.
Residence1839, 38 Finsbury Circus, London, England
MemoOffice
Death12 Jan 1914, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England
Residence1901, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England
Residence1885, The Shrubbery, Clapham Common, Surrey, England
Residence1888, Offices: 3 Cook Street, Liverpool, England
MemoGrove Directory, 1888.
OccupationMerchant in London. Partner in Spartali & Lascaridi of London.
OriginSmyrna. Appears to have taken British citizenship before 1901.
Note 1Consul-general of Greece (1867-81) and a steadfast supporter from abroad of the Cretan uprising in 1866.
Note 2A Michael Spartali of The Shrubbery, Clapham Common, Surrey and at Rylstons, Isle of Wight, appears in the bankruptcy records for 1885 while trading in London and Marseilles with Peter Lascaridi as Spartali & Co., Merchants.
Note 3Spartali & Lascaridi (of London, Liverpool and Marseilles in 1854) was located at 38 or 39 Finsbury Circus in 1839, represented in Manchester by Antonio Lascaridi; dissolved in December 1854 and replaced by Spartali & Company (cf. Catsiyannis, p. 438).
Note 4G. Lascaridi (see that family), a native of Prusa, was Michael Spartali’s business partner and his secretary as Consul (cf. Tricha). They were also probably related (cf. excerpt from Marie Spartali letter given to G. Vassiadis by D. Elliott).
Flags***, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Scanavi, Spartali 1