"Libro d'Oro di Melita"
"Titles of Marchese Scicluna (1875) and Marchese Scicluna (1878)"
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Paolo Xicluna, married to Caterina, with issue.
1. Carmelo Xicluna, married 1650 Rabat Gozo to Grazia dei Principe Said, with issue.
1.1. Damiano "sives Domenico" Xicluna, married 1667 Rabat Gozo to Caterina Mangion, with issue.
1.1.1. Salvatore Xicluna, married 1696 Zabbar to Teresa Pulis, with issue.
1.1.1.1. Francesco Xicluna, married 1746 Zabbar to Anna Grioli, with issue.
1.1.1.1.1. Paolo Xicluna (Scicluna) - See Below.
* Paolo Scicluna, married 1772 Zabbar, Malta to Grazia
Cardona, with issue
1. Giuseppe Scicluna-See Below.
2. Saverio Scicluna, married 1829 to Paula Galea, with issue
2.1. Emmanuele Scicluna, married 1860 to Carmela Tanti, with issue
2.1.1. Giovanni Scicluna
2.1.2. Marietta Scicluna
2.2. Giuseppe Scicluna., married 1854 to Concetta Imbroll-Mamo.
* Guiseppe Scicluna, married 1807 Zeitun Malta
to Marianna Caruana, with issue
1. Gio Batta Scicluna, (1814-61), married 1851 Valletta to Carmela Bugeja., with
issue
1.1. Guiseppe Scicluna, 1st Marquis- See
Below..
1.2. Marianna Scicluna, (1852-), married to Luigi Testaferrata.
1.3. Vittoria Scicluna, (1854-), married to Benjamin Fontani.
1.4. Concetta Scicluna, (1858-), married to Stephen Fontani.
2. Emmanuele Scicluna, Marquis Scicluna-See
Below.
3. Rev. Michael Angelo Scicluna, dunm.
4. Grazia Scicluna, (1817-), married 1841 to Antonio Mallia Tabone.
* Emmanuele Scicluna, (1820-86), Created (a) Marchese Scicluna on the 1 June 1875 by Pope Pius IX and (b) Marchese Scicluna 1878 (joint with nephew see below) on the 10 December 1878 by Pope Leo XIII, married to Margherita Darbois, and dsp.
Footnote#1: There is no record nor any claim whatsoever of the 1875 title of Marchese Scicluna in the records of the 1878 Commission. This is because the date of creation of this title is not before the annexation of Malta to the British Dominions. 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 Scicluna is simply not one of those titles that was obtained during the Government of the Order and does not in any way diminish its validity. 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.
Footnote#2: In addition, had this family enjoyed a title during the Government in Malta of the Order, and even if no claim whatsoever was made during the 1878 Commission, they would still in the words of Governor Straubanzee be “At all events if there are more ‘Titolati’ they are at liberty at any time to prove their claims, and take the precedence to which they are entitled”. . 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 Governor to Earl of Carnavon dated December, 29 1877 (page 3) and http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/referencegrants.html
Footnote#3 As Emmanuele Scicluna died without issue, the title granted in 1875 became EXTINCT. In addition, the second title granted (jointly) to the Marchese also became extinct only insofar as his interest in the title.
Footnote#4 There is no indication (so far) that the Marchesa Margherita Scicluna nee Darbois was a relation of the Marchesa Anna Bugeja, nee Darbois (See http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/bugeja.html)
* Guiseppe
Scicluna,(1855-1907), Created Marchese Scicluna 1878 (joint with uncle see above) on the 10 December 1878 by
Pope Leo XIII,. ,
Married 1901 Valletta to Corinne Abela Pulis, OBE., with issue.
1. John A. Scicluna, 2nd Marquis-See Below.
Footnote#1: The 1878 title was granted after the conclusion of the 1878 Commission. Therefore there can be no reference to that title in the 1878 report.
* John A.
Scicluna, (1903-70), 2nd Marquis Scicluna, married 1921 to Mary Violet Testaferrata Moroni Viani, Baroness of Tabria-(See Tabria)., with issue
1. Joseph Scicluna, (1925-1995) 3rd Marquis-See Below.
2. Patrick Scicluna, (1927-1978) Baron of Tabria-(See
Tabria).
3. Marie Corinne Scicluna, (1923-, married 1947 to Lt. Cmdr Robert Ramsay de
Miniac, R.N. with (female) issue (See Tabria)
4. Maria Angela Sciccluna (1924-, married Alan Marshall
4.1. Marcus Scicluna Marshall, 4th Marquis Scicluna,
married 1975 to Marion Lapira, with issue
4.1.1. Marcus Scicluna Marshall., Marchesino Scicluna.
4.1.2. Matthew Marshall
4.1.3. Luke Marshall
4.2. Romina Marshall, (1959-, married 1985 to Charles Alan Short.
* Joseph Scicluna,
3rd Marquis Scicluna, Died on the 6th of September 1995 in Rome. dunm.
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