Augusto Bartolo

However, in his political life he opposed the Anglicisation of Maltese culture, performed back then by the Prime Minister of Malta, Sir Gerald Strickland.

Bartolo took a prominent role in the early governance of Malta working to bring social reforms.

[5] Bartolo studied law becoming a lawyer, and later a prominent judge in Malta.

During his political life he was a senator (when Malta still had a senate) and later became the Minister for Public Instruction and Migration in Malta, serving a crucial role when significant percentage of the Maltese population emigrated to British colonies of the time.

[7] He is buried at the cemetery of Santa Maria Addolorata ("Our Lady of Sorrows") in Paola, the largest graveyard of the country.