NameSpyridon (Ioannis) Trikoupi
Birth8 Apr 1788, Missolonghi, Greece/Hellenes
MemoOr 19 Apr 1788.
Death9 Mar 1873, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
OccupationPolitician.
EducationStudied in Patras, Paris and Rome.
Note 1Greek Ambassador to London (1834-38, 1841-43, 1850-61). Ambassador to Paris (1849-50). Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs (1843). Greek Deputy. Worked closely with Pandia ‘Zeus Ralli, nominal head of the London Greek community.
Note 2Made the funeral oration for Lord Byron, Zaïmis, Mavromichali and Panoutso Notara. First President of the Council of the new Greek state (1833). Author of the classic ‘Histoire de la Révolution Hellénique’. “A brilliant speaker and a true scholar.”
Note 3Catsiyannis says he had six children (of whom he records four).
Note 4He proposed Pandia ‘Zeus’ Ralli to be Greek ambassador (later consul-general) to London - a post he later held himself.
FatherIoannnis Trikoupi (~1753-1824)