History - The Greek connection
A committee meeting was held on 23 February 1854 which saw the first appearance of a noteworthy member - Panita Ralli - a member of a Greek family of corn merchants and bankers, beginning a long and mutually beneficial relationship between the Baltic and Greek members.
In 1873 the first list of Baltic members was produced containing 1,164 names including five Iondeses, six Mavrogordatoses, eleven Rallis, four Rodoacachis, six Schilizzis and five Ziffos - a contingent of Greeks whose contribution to world shipping had long been centred on Britain as it still is today.
