Giorgio Mitrovich

Struggle for press freedom During the early years of British rule, there was no freedom of the press and it was difficult for the Maltese to express their views or participate in the islands' administration or finances. The Commissariat Department and the Church Missionary Society were the only licensed printing presses, and the only newspaper was the weekly Malta Government Gazette. Mitrovich fought for press freedom and the right for the Maltese to express themselves, although he did not desire independence, and he respected and admired the British.

Some of Mitrovich's descendants now live in South Africa, and are known by the surname of Metrovich (how several branches of the family used to be called also while in Malta). In 2018, two of his great-great-grandchildren donated his only known photograph to the National Archives of Malta. The photograph was taken by photographer Leandro Preziosi shortly before Mitrovich's death.