Peter calvocoressi biography

British lawyer, Liberal politician, historian and publisher

Peter John Ambrose Calvocoressi (17 November 1912 – 5 February 2010) was a British lawyer, Liberal politician, historian, and publisher.

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He served as an intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II.

Early years

Calvocoressi was born in Karachi, British India (now in Pakistan), to a family of Greek origins from the island of Chios. His mother, Irene (née Ralli), was descended from one of the founders of Ralli Brothers, who were prominent Greek families of Chios who came to London at the time of the Greek Diaspora.

When he was three months old, the family moved to Liverpool, England.

Calvocoressi's father Pandia had spent the first seven years of his life in Manchester and the next ten at San Stefano (now Yeşilköy, then in the outskirts of Istanbul). He attended the Sorbonne from the age of 17 for three years and then joined the family firm in New York.^{[citation neede Peter Calvocoressi (1912-2010), Nuremberg Prosecutor DIG}