Vittorio Emanuele Taparelli d'Azeglio (17 September 1816 - 24 April 1890) was an Italian diplomat and politician born in Turin.
Biography
Taparelli was descended from Piedmontese nobility, the ''marchesi d'Azeglio'' (margraves of Azeglio). His father was
Roberto d'Azeglio, older brother of statesman
Massimo d'Azeglio
Massimo Taparelli, Marquess of Azeglio (24 October 1798 – 15 January 1866), commonly called Massimo d'Azeglio (), was a Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist, and painter. He was Prime Minister of Sardinia for almost three years until succee ...
. He served as a Sardinian diplomat and eventually as minister, including postings to Bavaria, Vienna, The Hague, St Petersburg, London and Paris.
He was a co-founder of the
St James's Club
The St James's Club was a London gentlemen's club which operated between 1857 and 1978. It was founded by two leading diplomats and its members continued to be largely diplomats and authors. It was first established in Bennet Street, and after a b ...
in London in 1857. He was an art collector, and was for a time President of the
Burlington Fine Arts Club in London.
On his retirement from the diplomatic service in 1871 he was appointed a senator in the 11th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy.
Honours
* Knight Grand cross in the
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus () (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the world, tracing its lineage to AD 1098, a ...
.
[British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 57]
References
External links
Brief biography, from The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow
1816 births
1890 deaths
People from the Kingdom of Sardinia
Diplomats from Turin
Ambassadors of Italy to the United Kingdom
Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy
19th-century diplomats
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