Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameDimitrios (George) Metaxa
Birthabt 1857, 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’.
Note 2Presumably this is the Dimitrios Metaxa who died suddenly in a taxi on his way home... not buried with his wife in West Norwood’s Hellenic Enclosure.
FlagsGreece, London, Syros
FatherGeorge Metaxa (?-?)
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)