He was born in 1854. A descendant of the Peloponnesian family of Varvoglou or Barboglou, which originated from Serres and distinguished itself in the various national struggles from 1684 to 1821, he inherited his devotion to national causes from his grandfather George Varvoglou, who was initiated in 1819 by the ethno-martyr Patriarch Gregory V into the secrets of the Friends. After attending the circular courses in his homeland, he entered the Military School of the Evelpidon Military School in 1870. He graduated in 1877 and was commissioned into the Artillery. Having been particularly involved in pyrotechnics, he was appointed Director of the Greek Pyritium Factory and Professor of Pyrotechnics at the Evelides School, at the same time teaching Military Technology. He served as a section commander of the Artillery in the Ministry of Military Affairs and wrote a considerable amount of work on the artillery.

He entered Freemasonry in St. “Athena“, adopted by St. In 1906 he participated in the movement to reconstruct the Order under two separate principles, the Conciliar and the Philosophical, and when he was called in 1907 to the office of Grand Master (1907 to 1911) he signed, together with the Grand Master, the “Skenderbay”. Ar. Schorchanitis and the other Members of the Council of the Great Ann. the Treaty concerning relations with the Scottish Press.

Then the Ύπ. Council, reconstituted in accordance with the terms of the above Treaty, proclaimed on 20 July 1908 Nikolaos Varvogli as Anthep. Major Taxi. However, being a soldier of his country and a lover of freedom, which Greece was then seeking for the benefit of its enslaved brothers, he undertook with fervent enthusiasm a long mission abroad for war preparations, which the country entrusted to him. When he returned, after a long absence, during which he carried out with efficiency and absolute precision the fiduciary orders entrusted to him, he served his country as an active colonel. After a long illness and having already been promoted to the rank of Major General, he was transferred to the Eternal East on 16 March 1925.