Helen Schilizzi

Helen Argenti ( Alexandra Helen Schilizzi; 28 April 1904 – 23 March 1988) was a British lecturer and Liberal Party politician. She was made a Grand Officer of the Holy Sepulchre, an Officer Order of Evpomas, and awarded the Greek Commemorative Naval Medal. Background Argenti was born the third daughter of Stephen John Schilizzi and Julia Lucas Schilizzi (née Ralli) of Loddington Hall, Kettering. She was a niece of the Greek Prime Minister, Eleftherios Venizelos, who married her aunt, philanthropist Helena Schilizzi. She had a Greek Orthodox upbringing. The family moved to Guilsborough Court, Northampton. Her father was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1915. In 1930 she married Philip Pandely Argenti. They had a son, Pandely Paul Laurence Stephen Argenti and two daughters. Career Argenti played a role in support of the Allies in World War I. She organised help for the Venizelist troops, being responsible for a fund that supplied the troops with basic clothing. After the war she became actively involved in the League of Nations Union that would see her traveling to various parts of the world. For three years she was a lecturer for the League of Nations Union. She traveled extensively in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria. She also visited the United States and crossed Canada from coast to coast. She worked for the Belgian Section of the Federation of Associations of the League of Nations. She obtained the backing of the International Federation of University Women in organising meetings in Sofia, Bulgaria. In Sofia she delivered lectures and met with top officials and Ministers.