Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi

Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (many spellings; ; 1839–1893) was an Ottoman-born Greek banker in London and Paris, and later a steamship owner in Constantinople. He was also the acting Italian consul in Calcutta for some time starting in 1864, and an amateur composer. Life Demetrius was born in Constantinople to Zannis Stefanovich Schilizzi (1806–1888), one of the Schilizzi merchant and shipping family originally from Chios, and Eleni Vouro. The Schilizzi family was one of the trading dynasties that arose after the 1822 Chios massacre of the Greek War of Independence. Demetrius' uncle J. S. Schilizzi (1805–1892) was in the Black Sea grain trade at Livorno, and founded a London branch in 1837. Demetrius Schilizzi began his banking career in Paris. In 1871 Demetrius Schilizzi was living in Surrey Gardens, Hyde Park, London, with J. S. Schilizzi. In 1873 the London firm Schilizzi & Co. was restructured, with J. S. Schilizzi retaining the name, and Demetrius and two other family members forming Schilizzi Brothers, in business at 25 Austin Friars. He was also a director of the Imperial Bank, joining its board in 1873 on the death of Pantaleone Constantine Ralli. He became a naturalised British subject on 27 February 1874. On his death Schilizzi left a reported £600,000 in securities, largely to a brother and nephew. He was buried at the Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery.