Stephanos Mousouros (1841–1906) was an

Ottoman Greek Ottoman Greeks ( el, Ρωμιοί; tr, Osmanlı Rumları) were ethnic Greeks who lived in the Ottoman Empire (1299–1922), much of which is in modern Turkey. Ottoman Greeks were Greek Orthodox Christians who belonged to the Rum Millet (''Millet ...

diplomatic official of the Ottoman Empire, who served as ambassador to Italy and the United Kingdom, and was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1896 to 1899. Mousouros was the grandson of the first Prince of Samos, Stephanos Vogoridis, and the son of

Konstantinos Mousouros Konstantinos Mousouros ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Μουσούρος, tr, Kostaki Musurus Paşa; 1807–1891), also known as Kostaki Musurus Pasha, was an Ottoman Greek diplomatic official of the Ottoman Empire who served as ambassador to G ...

, governor of Samos for Vogoridis. The family was Christian. His father had served as Ottoman ambassador to the United Kingdom for more than 30 years from 1850, and the young Stephanous thus lived in London in the early part of his life, and also served in minor positions at the embassy. He was ambassador of the Ottoman Empire to the Kingdom of Italy, before he was appointed Prince of Samos in 1896. He ruled Samos well, putting the law above everything else. The political factionism on the island decreased. He built the roads connecting Vathi, Karlovasi,

Marathokampos Marathokampos ( el, Μαραθόκαμπος) is a town, municipal unit, and a former municipality on the island of Samos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Samos, of which it is a muni ...

, Platanos, Pirgos and the capital. He became ambassador of the Ottoman Empire to the United Kingdom in early 1903. He was married to a Greek lady.

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1841 births 1906 deaths Princes of Samos Ambassadors of the Ottoman Empire to Italy Ambassadors of the Ottoman Empire to the United Kingdom

Stephanos Stephanos or Stefanos, in Greek , is a masculine given name derived from the Greek word (''stéphanos''), meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", from the verb (''stéphein''), "to encircle, to wreathe". In Ancient ...

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