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4 unusual facts about Ion Calvocoressi


Calvocoressi

Ion Calvocoressi (12 Apr 1919 – 7 Jul 2007), officer in the British Army in the Second World War, later a stockbroker in the City of London; High Sheriff of Kent in 1978-79

Ion Calvocoressi

He was a director of the Indian branch of Greek merchant business, Ralli Brothers.

He was instrumental in the erection of a statue of Churchill by Oscar Nemon in the town in 1965.

He was survived by his wife, Katherine Kennedy (the sister of Sir Ludovic Kennedy), whom he married on 29 April 1947, their three sons (James, Richard, and Andrew) and daughter (Iona).



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