Possible Clues:

• Genoan V.I.P., once
• Former Italian leader
• `E begins to be beastly enough for Venice
• That might have been a cure, perhaps, for Venice
• Old lord of Venice
• Title of former ruler of Venice
• Old Venice chief
• Former Venetian V.I.P.
• Magistrate finally going to interrupt typical American litigant
• Old chief magistrate in Venice and Genoa