The Mavroleon family is a

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family of shipping magnates with strong

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connections. Basil Manuel Mavroleon (1901–1979), descended from a long-established shipping family from Kasos island of Greece, moved to England as a member of the

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business based in the UK and run by his cousins, the Kulukundis family. He later set up the shipping company

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(LOF). He had two sons, Nicolas Mavroleon and Manuel Basil Mavroleon, generally known by his nickname "Bluey" (1927/1932–2009), who was educated in England and served in the

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. Bluey went on to run the firm but moved to Switzerland when the 1974–1979 Labour Government nationalised Austin and Pickersgill shipbuilders in which LOF was the largest shareholder. He was married four times (among whom in 1963 Camilla Paravicini, granddaughter of British writer

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, through

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) and left four children and six grandchildren. Bluey had two sons with Mexican-born Gioconda de Gallardo y Castro, Nicholas Mark Mavroleon and Basil "Carlos" Mavroleon (1958–98). Nicholas was educated at

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and

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, and later married actress

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. Carlos was educated at

and Harvard before becoming a member of the Mujahideen, with whom he fought against the

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. A professional journalist, he died in

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while on assignment for

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reporting on

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