In 1812, when he was ten years old, he had to move, by order of the French authorities, to the military college of La Flèche in France, despite the family's attempts to exempt him from this duty.
[1] Despite his father's revolutionary past and exile, Ettore was able to hold the position of Gonfaloniere di Velletri several times between 1840 and 1849.
[2] In 1867, after the invasion of the Papal State and the arrival in Velletri by Giovanni Nicotera and his volunteer army, Ettore was appointed as member of the municipal administration for his role in the 1849 uprising.
In 1870, following the annexation of the Papal State to Italy, Ettore was rewarded for his patriotic actions over the years and was therefore appointed president of the (Provisory) Provincial Council of Rome.
After the dissolution of this governmental body a few months later and due to his old age, he left active politics and became president of the nursery school of Velletri, which he helped to finance through various initiatives.