Philip Pullicino’s colleagues (1915)

1915 Maltese lawyers society (photo: courtesy of Paul Pullicino)

Please help identify unknown people in this photo.

No.	Name	Comments
1	Arturo Mercieca	Held senior posts in the British administration, including government solicitor and chief justice. Knighted. Exiled to Uganda during World War 2 for being an Italian sympathiser.
2	Augustus Bartolo	A powerful political force in Malta. He owned a major newspaper. Eventually knighted and appointed a judge (1934), he was also a journalist, diplomat and historian. Died 1937.
3	Carlo Mallia	Talented lawyer, became Professor of Commercial Law, 1918. Politician. Self-exiled to Italy prior to WW2. His eyesight completely failed several years prior to his death.
4	Edgar Ganado	1884-1960. Was mentored by his father-in-law Prof. Massimo Debono (Edgar’s wife was Tessie Debono). Became a professor and judge. His father, Luigi, had supeceded the judgeship of Filippo Pullicino in 1887.
5	Enrico Carlo Vassallo	Became a long standing Professor of International and Constitutional Law. He was on the Faculty photo of 1919. Passionate about self-government for Malta. Lived for many years on Tower Road.
6	Unknown
7	Guiseppe Cremona	1864 -1935. Judge and politician. Appointed Magistrate in Gozo courts in 1905, Judge in 1919 and retired in 1929. In 1932 elected to the Legislative Assembly for Gozo. Wrote books on precedents in Civil Law.
8	Unknown
9	Giovanni Caruana	Professor Giovanni Caruana. b.1866 d. 31.7.1923. At least two portraits of Caruana exist, both by the renowned early 20th century Maltese artist Edward Caruana Dingli.
10	Paolo Cremona?	I am uncertain this is Paolo Cremona
11	Enrico Micallef	Later became a Magistrate in Gozo. 1875-1928. Son of Notary Achille. Passport applicaton from 1921. Married Lily Caruana Scicluna.
12	Unknown
13	Unknown
14	Unknown
15	Salvatore Schembri
16	Luigi Arnaldo Randon	b. 18.6.1875. d. 1942. Professor of Laws. See Mangion, R. (ed) 2016, Lezioni del Professore Arnaldo Randon (1875-1942) Faculty of Laws, University of Malta, Malta.
17	Edward Annato?	b. 14.2.1879. Lived 120 Tower Road, Sliema.
18	Unknown
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30	Unknown
31	Federico Caruana-Gatto	Dr Federico Caruana Gatto, LL.D, (1873-1934), 5th Count of Beberrua. His brother, not identified in this picture, was Count Alfred Caruana Gatto, a famous lawyer, scientist and politician.
32	Filipo Nicolo Buttigieg	A philanthropist and patron of the arts. Politician. He was a wealthy businessman and lawyer.
33	Francesco Buhagiar	Later became 2nd Prime Minister of Malta, after Joseph Howard.
34	Giovanni Adami	Became a minister in early Maltese parliaments.
35	Joseph ‘Guze’ Pace	1890-1974. Established Paceville. Founded a shipping business. He had a long business and legal career.
36	Massimiliano Debono	Professor of laws. His son-in-law was Edgar Ganado also pictured. Lived 1850-1932. Later became President of the Senate and President of the Chamber of Advocates.
37	Michelangelo Refalo	1876-1923. Born in Gozo. Philip studied under Dr. Refalo. He became chief justice and president of the court of appeal.
38	Mons Can F Ferris	At this time Monseingeur Ferris was a military chaplain as well as a lawyer.
39	Oscar Parnis	Regrettably this brilliant young barrister died in 1919 after moving to London.
40	Philip Pullicino
40	Paolo Azzopardi	?
41	Pierre G. Frendo	Co-founder of the Maltese labour party when the 1921 parliament arrived.
42	Robert Ganado	Both he and his brother Edgar became judges. Their father was Luigi Ganado, also a judge (1833-1903) who had superceded Filippo Pullicino in 1887.
43	Seraphino Vella	Later a magistrate and crown advocate. A witness to the 7 June 1919 riots. Appears to have had a long career.
44	Ugo P Mifsud	Later to become Malta’s 3rd Prime Minister. He was Philip’s 1st cousin, through Philip’s mother. He died mid-speech on the floor of the parliament in 1942.

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