Francesco Giulietti (Messina, 2 April 1767 – 8 May 1841)
Son of a soldier of Lombard ancestry, he joined the Real Napoli regiment in 1779 as a cadet. On 18 September 1789 he was made an ensign in the Neapolitan artillery, then promoted to lieutenant 2nd class on September 1992, to captain 2nd class on 1 June 1796 and to captain 1st class on 23 May 1799 during the Neapolitan Republic. Exiled in France, he re-entered Italy with the Armée d’Italie and was promoted to captain 2nd class on 21 March 1802 in the Italian Republic, then battalion chief in 1804. He went back to Naples on 26 February 1806, where he became a colonel on 1 March 1808, director of the arsenal at Naples and knight of the two Sicilies on 18 May. On 31 July 1813 he was made a baron and on 26 May 1814 was appointed chief of the fifth division (artillery and engineers) of the War Ministry. He was decorated with the medal of honour on 17 December 1814 and made a commendatore in 1820, retiring in 1821 (EBA, b. 41, f. 1. D’Ayala, Mariano. 1843. Le vite de’ più celebri capitani e soldati napoletani dalla giornata di Bitonto fino ai dì nostri. Naples: Stamperia dell’Iride: 309-318).