Pantia Ralli

[Peter] Pantia Ralli, 27 August 1862, London, England - 5 February 1924, Ashtead

• Son of Pandias Stephen Rhallis/Ralli 1793-1865, a successful Greek merchant and leader of the Greek community in London
• The outbreak of the Greek war of independence triggered savage reprisals against the Greek population of the Ottoman empire by the Turkish authorities, forcing wealthy merchants from Constantinople and Chios to flee abroad. Many went to London where they re-established their businesses and came to dominate the Baltic trade. Foremost among these new arrivals was Pandias Stephen Rhallis (1793-1865) who emerged as the leader of the now burgeoning community.

• Pantia Ralli endowed £6,500 as a memorial to his father, Stephen, to King's College Hospital, who opened the Pantia Ralli Ward for sick children. It was the first children's ward in any London hospital The ward was renamed Cotton Ward in 2000.
• Ashtead manor was bought as a wedding present (3 August 1889) for Pantia Ralli by his mother. Following his death in 1924 his wife, Arghiro, sold the manor house.

• See also George Harry / Henry Hunt