The Portanier surname is of French aristocratic origin. It is said that the first Portanier came to Malta in the late 1700s, when he fled from the French revolution. He married a Maltese aristocrat, Bianca Bonnett, and had seven sons. The Portanier surname has an early connection by marriage to Serra, who was an Italian family that came to Malta in the 1860s to operate their fleet of mercantile schooners. The Portanier surname also has connections through marriage with Pace-Gouder and Salomone. Although the Maltese Portanier family is small in number, it has family members in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and South Africa. An indication of its sense of adventure.
Anne Portainer - (Present Baroness di San Giovanni, by marriage)
Ivan Portainer - (well known radio & tv personality in malta and beyond
and he is also very well known in the fisheries sector as an expert.)
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