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Benwarrad
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Title: Baron Created
18 August 1737 by Grandmaster Ramon Despuig. Present Baroness
Maria Angela Kitson Attard Montalto, 8th Baronness
of Benwarrad.
Saverio
Gatto,
1st Baron of Benwarrad. The Fief of Benwarrad
(originally Benuarrat) was granted to the Attardo ,
d`Alagona families before 1360, Pellegrino 1361; Vaccaro
1398; Nava 1472; Bordino 1510;
d`Armenia 1514; Surdo 1559, and the present holders
in 1737, the Gatto family. Fiefs were often bought,
sold, or became extinct and re-granted by a Sovereign of
Malta and Sicily. Saverio Gatto was
Created a Baron di Benwarrad on the 18th of
August, 1737 by Grand Master Despuig ,with remainder of
his descendants in perpetuity , each having the right to
nominate a successor, in default of nomination to the first
born male descendant, and in absence of male issue, then to
the first born female descendant. Members of the clergy
are precluded from succession by primogeniture. The Barony of Benwarrad
has an interesting history, passing thru several families,
from Gatto , Moscati, Montalto de Ribera to the present
holders of Attard-Montalto. There were many heiress,
who succeeded to this title such Paola Gatto, the 2nd
Baroness, who married to Emanuele Moscati-Cassia, Antonia
Moscati-Gatto, the 3rd Baroness, who married
twice, firstly to Count Sir Paolo Parisio G.C.M.G., and
secondly to Sir Guiseppe Maria de Piro G.C.M.G. (see
picture above), 5th Baron di Budaq, both
marriages failed producing an heir. The title moved to
Antonia`s first cousin, Paolo Montalto de Ribera, who was
also Baron di San Paolino. Baron Paolo was succeeded by his
daughter, Maria Antonia. Maria Antonia , the 5th
Baroness marrying in 1831 to Dr Guiseppe Ivo Attard M.D. The Attard-Montalto,
held many important posts in Malta, and currently hold key
positions still today. The present Holder is
Maria Angela Attard-Montalto, the 8th Baroness,
who married in 1948 to Lt Frank Kitson R.N, and have three
children. Once
again the title will pass into another family , this
time an English family. Family
tree - Genealogist Count Charles Said Vassallo Guglielmo
de
Ribera, 3rd Barone di San Paolino, married 1702
to
Contessa
Caterina
Vernagallo,
with
issue; 1.2. Anna
de Ribera,
married 1750 to Francesco Maria
Montalto,
with issue. 1.2.1.1.
Francesco
Saverio Montalto de Ribera, Baroncino
di
San Paolino,
(1778-1837), married 1802 to Maria Teresa Biagio, with
issue 1.2.1.2.2.2.1
Angiolino Attard Montalto, (1836-92), 6th Baron of
Benwarrad, 8th Barone di
San Paolino married 1869 to Angelica
dei Conti Manduca,
with issue Kindly
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