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"Title of Marchese Mattei (1899) "

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* Francesco Mattei, married 1681 to Evangelista Cornelio, with issue


1. Aloiseo Mattei-See Below.
2. Maria Mattei., married 1718 to Gio Andrea Zeafort.

3. Marcella Mattei, married (1) NN, married (2) to M'Angelo Locano.

* Aloiseo Mattei, (1683-1764), married 1719 to Maria Abela Bogdanovich, with issue

1. Carlo Mattei, married 1751 to Filippa Scarloni, with issue

1.1. Gio Batta Mattei, (died 1813), Duke of Mondello (cr:1800), married 1780 to Rosalea Zerafa, and dsp.
1.2.
Don. Ferdinando Mattei, (1761-1829), Bishop of Rhodes Island, and of Malta (r1807)., dunm.
1.3. Gregorio Mattei ,(died 1813),
Minister in Malta for Sicily, dunm.
1.4. Francesca Mattei,(died 1846) dunm.
2. Marcella Mattei, married 1757 to Saverio de Pares, with issue.
3. Antonio Mattei, married 1760 to Teresa Cini, with issue
3.1
. Francesco Mattei,(died 1854), married 1794 to Fortunata Cachia, with issue.
3.1.1. Carlo Mattei, (died 1825), married 1821 to Tecla Scifo, with issue.
3.1.1.1. Salvatore Mattei, (died 1895), married 1856 to Carmela Metropoli, with issue.
3.1.1.1.1.
'Duca' Ferdinand Mattei, dunm
3.1.1.1.2
. Gio Batta Mattei, married 1901 to Adelaide Borg-Olivier, with issue
3.1.1.1.2.1
. Dr Salvino Mattei, (1904-80), married 1936 to Elena Gollcher, with issue
3.1.1.1.2.1.1
. John Alexander Mattei, (1939-, married 1972 to Philippa Arrigo, with issue
3.1.1.1.2.1.1.1
. Alexander Mattei, (1976-
3.1.1.1.2.1.1.2
. Emma Mattei, (1976-
3.1.1.1.2.1.2
. Marion Mattei, married to Louis Gatt
3.1.1.1.2.1.3. Astrid Mattei, married to Edward Xuereb
3.1.1.1.2.1.4. Diana Mattei, married to Peter Toledo
3.1.1.1.2.1.5. Sandra Mattei, married to David Zarb Mizzi
3.1.1.1.2.2. Francis Mattei, (1909-83), dunm.
3.1.1.1.2.3. Iolanda Mattei,(1911-, married Cecil Smith, with issue.
3.1.1.2. Gio Batta Mattei, married 1860 to Maria Micallef, with issue
3.1.1.2.1
. Alfredo Mattei, married 1926 to Constantina Mattei (See Below), with issue
3.1.1.2.1.1
. Alexandra Mattei, married 1943 to
Hon. Dr. George Borg-Olivier LL.D, Prime Minister of Malta, with issue.
3.1.1.2.2. Catherine Mattei, married 1921 to
Luigi Caruana Dingli dei Marchesi del Fiddien, with issue.
3.1.2. Major. General Antonio Mattei- See Below.
3.1.3. Maria Mattei, married 1817 to Tomaso Lanzon, with issue
3.1.4
. Michela Mattei, married 1831 to Guiseppe Mirabita, with issue
3.1.5
. Venera Mattei, married 1838 to Gaetano Xiriha, with issue.
4. Giovanni Mattei, married to Maria .., with issue.
4.1. Rosario Mattei, married 1790 at Valletta to Teresa Pellisari., with issue.

4.1.1. Francesco Mattei, married 1811 Valletta to Giovanna Gerada.
4.2. Rosalia Mattei, married 1783 to Aloiseo Mazzei

* Major General Antonio Mattei, CMG. (1805-88),
Married
1852 to Maria Leszczynska-Cenezka, with issue


1. Senator, Dr. Alfredo Mattei, LLD, Created (22 March 1899) Marchese by Pope Leo XIII,-See Below.
2. Dr Charles Mattei, MD, (1864-1939 Sydney, Australia.), married firstly to Mary McKay, and Married Secondly to Mary Foster, with out issue.
3. NN. Mattei, married with issue.
3.1. Constantina Mattei, married Alfredo Mattei,(See Above) with issue.
4. Alessandro Mattei, (1847-1919), married 1914 to Emma Willets.
5. Giulia Mattei, married 1884 to
Salvatore Sceberras Trigona. (See Castel Cicciano)

* Senator Dr Alfredo Mattei, LLD, (1853-1930), Created (22 March 1899) Marchese by Pope Leo XIII,-
Married 1901 to Teresa Bagshawe (Daughter of the Famed Judge Bagshawe), with issue


1. Anthony Mattei, 2nd Marquis-See Below.
2. Francis Mattei, (1905-89), married 1932 to Primrose Humphreys, with issue
2.1
. Lt.Col John Mattei, RA, 3rd Marquis
-See Below.
3. Teresa Mattei, (1901-, married Capt. Roger Talbot
4
. Mary Mattei, (1908-, married Capt. John Tothill, RN.
5. Joseph Mattei, (1911-60), married Annette Riccardo, and dsp.

Footnote: The 1899 title of Marchese Mattei was obviously granted after the conclusion of the 1878 Commission. Therefore there can be no reference to that title in the 1878 report. It should be remembered that the purpose of that report (as the report reads) was to identify those titles which were granted or recognized by the sovereign authorities of Malta during the Government of the Knights of Saint John. Some may argue that this title is not one of those titles “recognised by the British Monarch”. That argument is flawed because the purpose of the 1878 Commission was not to “recognize” but to “identify” those titles which had already been granted or recognized during the Government of the Order (1530-1798). This is better explained by the terms of reference to the Commissioners that “the Secretary of State for the colonies decided that the heads of the families who, before the annexation of Malta to the British Dominions, obtained tiles of nobility, should in accordance with a precedent during the administration of the late Governor, Sir Henry K. Storks, have precedence of the Chamber of Commerce, and in order to ascertain (etc)“. In this case, the title of Marchese Mattei is simply not one of those titles that were obtained during the Government of the Order. See: Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.): see letter of Chief Secretary to Government to Commissioners dated March 8, 1877 (page 52) and http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/referencegrants.html.

 

* Anthony Mattei, 2nd Marquis Mattei, (1902-Died),
Married
to Georgette Madill, and, dsp.

* Lt.Col John Mattei, RA, (1935- , 3rd Marquis Mattei,
married
1969 to Cressida Gillespie, with issue


1. Joseph.A. Mattei, Marchesino Mattei, (1977-
2
. Jessica Mattei, (1970-
3
. Lisa Claire Mattei, (1971-

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