Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameSir Dimitrios G. (George) Metaxa
Birth14 Mar 1858, Syros, Greece/Hellenes
Death1 Feb 1928, London, England
MemoPresumably this is the Dimitrios Metaxa who died suddenly in a taxi on his way home...
Burial MemoStrange that he is not recorded as buried in the Hellenic Enclosure with his wife.
OccupationDiplomat and ambassador. Greek Minister in London (1895-1908).
EducationAthens.
OriginSyros.
Note 1Metaxa’s records say that he was the son of a George Metaxa and ‘of Syros’. Studied law in Athens. His first wife appears to have been Princess Eleni Cantacuzene.
Note 2Presumably this is the Dimitrios Metaxa who died suddenly in a taxi on his way home from playing bridge... not buried with his wife in West Norwood’s Hellenic Enclosure.
Note 3Greek chargé d’affaires in Berlin (1890-1892), ambassador in Belgrade (1892-1895), ambassador in London (1895-1908), ambassador in Rome (1908-1912). He was representing the Greek King in the Convention of the Hague in 1904.
Note 4He was general director of the Greek hospital ship ‘Albania’ during the Balkan Wars (1912-13) at the request Princess Mary Bonaparte. The ship was financed by Princess Mary and her husband Prince George of Greece.
Note 5Nikos Karabelas’ work suggests that Dimitrios also married a Princess Eleni Cantacuzene whose portrait was painted in 1912 and was for sale at Christie’s in 1994.
Note 5A personal friend of King Edward Vll. In 1916 was on board a vessel torpedoed by a submarine in the Mediterranean when he was rescued and taken to Alexandria.
FlagsGreece, London, Syros
FatherGeorge Metaxa (?-?)
Other spousesPrincess Eleni Cantacuzene ?!
Marriage14 May 1915, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Married MemoOr 14 Feb 1915
SpouseAlexandra ‘Amalia’ (Zannis) Scaramanga, 8G Granddaughter
Birth7 Jun 1857, Trieste, Italy/Austria
Death30 Apr 1945, Boscombe, Hampshire, England
Burial1945, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Note 1Presumably she was the Amalia Metaxa who was god-mother to Nicholas John (John) Mavrogordato b. 2 Jan 1916, bapt. 25 Mar 1916 at St Sophia, London, son of John (a writer of London) and Christine.
Marr. Witness2nd marriage: Marietta Scaramanga and G. M. Mavrogordato.
FlagsAvierino, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Casanova, Coressi, London, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scaramanga, Sevastopoulos, Trieste
FatherZannis (Nicolas) Scaramanga Ritter von Altomonte (1793-1883)
MotherSmaragda (Alexander) Sevastopoulos (1812-1900)