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Molteno is a comune (municipality) and a hill-top town in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,206 and an area of .
Molteno is a surname of Italian origin. Rare in Italy itself, it is occasionally found in the Italian diaspora. Due to an early presence in Africa and generations of intermarriage, it has also become a South African surname, and it is especially common among Xhosa-speaking people.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Sir John Charles Molteno (1814–1886), The first Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
- Elizabeth Maria Molteno (1852–1927), early suffragette and civil rights activist
- John Charles Molteno, Jr. (1860–1924), Cape exporter and parliamentarian
- Percy Molteno (1861–1937), Shipping magnate and liberal member of parliament
- Sir James Tennant Molteno (1865–1936), The first Speaker of the South African Parliament
- Vincent Barkly Molteno (1872–1952), Admiral of the Royal Navy in World War I
- Donald Barkly Molteno (1908–1972), also called Dilizintaba. Barrister and anti-apartheid leader
Usage examples of "molteno".
No doubt the recruiting of rebels was helped, but there was no forward movement and Molteno remained in our hands.
All forms of this genus are not of such beneficial use, and one at least has lately been found to be distinctly harmful, for Molteno disease, a cattle and horse disease prevalent in certain parts of South Africa, has been definitely traced to the presence of a poisonous alkaloid in a plant eaten by the animals, this plant being Senecio latifolius, a near relative of the Common Groundsel of this country.