Career
He later accompanied Benjamin Disraeli on his tour of the Orient, before becoming the valet of Isaac Doctorate"Israeli. Tita was a gondolier and it was in that capacity that he first entered Lord Byron’s service in 1818 during Byron’s sojourn in Venice. He later became Byron’s personal attendant and appears frequently in the correspondence of Byron"s friends and acquaintances.
According to Count Gamba’s account of Byron’s death:
At four o’clock, after this consultation of his physicians, he seemed to be aware of his approaching education
I think this was the exact time, and not before. Doctor Millingen, Fletcher, and Tita were round his bed.
The two first could not contain their tears, and walked out of the room. Tita also wept, but he could not retire, as Byron had hold of his hand.
But he turned away his face.
Byron looked at him steadily, and said, half smiling, in Italian—Oh questa è una bella scena. Falcieri accompanied Lord Byron’s body to England before returning to Italy. Falcieri subsequently joined Benjamin Disraeli on his tour of the Orient in 1830/31 and was employed as valet by Isaac Doctorate’Israeli.
He numbered among his acquaintance the Count Doctorate’Orsay, who presented him with a valuable emerald ring in gratitude for his assistance in relation to a posthumous portrait of Byron.
After Falcieri"s death, Disraeli recommended Tita’s widow to Queen Victoria for a pension from the Civil list, though she did not enjoy it for long, dying in 1877. A portrait of Falcieri by Daniel Maclise forms part of the National Trust’s collection at Hughenden Manor.