Nicola Squitti was born on July 26, 1853, in
Maida, Catanzaro,
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
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, died January 3, 1933. in
Rome
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, Italy.
Senator Nicola Squitti was the brother of
Baldassarre Squitti
Baron Baldassarre Squitti was a writer and professor of law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Naples and at "La Sapienza" The University of Rome, and a member of the Italian Parliament, with Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti.
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, and Eleanora Maria Squitti, children of Baron
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, Baron of
Palermiti and Guarna,
Calabria
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Italy
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. Tommaso Squitti, born September 8, 1831, was married to Rosina Astanti. Tommaso Squitti was invested with the title of Baron of Palermiti and Guarna, in Calabria, Italy, on July 13, 1886.
On January 23, 1887, Baron Squitti, under instructions from the State Department the Italian Consul at Philadelphia, conducted an inquiry into the death of
Michael Fezano; an Italian frozen to death in a lockup in the City of
Carbondale, USA on Christmas Day. Fezano and four of his companions were arrested for drunkenness and placed in a lockup. All but Fezano secured release by paying heavy fines. He was left in all night and found the next night, frozen. The case created a great sensation, and a prosecution began against the Carbondale City authorities by the
Iazzinf Society of Scranton.
During the 1890s he was the consul for all the Australasian Colonies.
Nicola Squitti was a member of the Italian Senate, and a diplomat. He was the Italian foreign minister in
Cetinje
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, 1908–1913, and at
Belgrade
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, 1913–1916.
[The Falcon and the Eagle - Montenegro and Austria 1908-1914, John Dr. Treadway, University of Purdue, page 347, ]
References
Italian SenateThe Falcon and the Eagle - Montenegro and Austria-Hungary 1908-1914- John D. Treadway, University of Purdue, page 35
Senators of Italy Wikipedia-Italy
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1853 births
Nobility of Italy
Italian politicians
1933 deaths