Constantine Alexander Ionides


Constantine Alexander Ionides was a British art patron and collector, of Greek ancestry.
He was born in Britain on 14 May 1833 in Manchester, the son of the collector and businessman Alexander Constantine Ionides, who had come to Britain from Constantinople in 1827. His younger siblings were Aglaia Coronio, Luca, Alexandro and Chariclea. He is best known for his bequest of 82 oil paintings to the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is buried in Hove.