Count Luigi Renato Porro-Lambertenghi (July 12, 1780 in

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– February 9, 1860 in

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) was an Italian nationalist, businessman, and politician. He was the son of politician and essayist Luigi Lambertenghi (1739–1813). He inherited Villa del Balbianello in 1796 from his uncle, Cardinal

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. Among his guests were

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, who tutored Lambertenghi's two sons there. He was forced to leave Italy in March 1821, while in

, as the

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police were rounding up everyone suspected of conspiring against the government. His escape was effected by

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, who drove out of Milan with Lambertenghi disguised as his

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. He fled to

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, and made his way to England in early 1822 via

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, where Yeats Brown vouched for him at the Alien Office. When he was forced to leave Italy, Lambertenghi sold the villa to his friend, Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, grandfather of

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."Villa del Balbianello" ''Friends of FAI''
retrieved May 20, 2016 Lambertenghi's grandson, Count Giulio Porro-Lambertenghi, was among the dignitaries who attended the

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* Italian politicians 1860 deaths 1780 births {{Italy-politician-stub