[1] In Hydra, where he had been living since 1811, he married the sister of Georgios and Lazaros Kountouriotis, Hydriote landlords and shipowners.

Before departing for the British capital, he wrote a letter about the need for unity and avoidance of civil wars.

In January 1824, he and Louriotis, a man of Mavrokordatos, was the Greek ambassadors who made the negotiations and finally borrowed the first British loan during the revolution, £800,000.

In London, they were formally welcomed and they even met the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning.

Then, he joined the anti-Kapodistrian faction stating that he preferred Greece a British protectorate instead of tolerating Ioannis Kapodistrias' authoritarian administration.