Vittorio Emanuele Taparelli D'Azeglio
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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


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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 {{Italy-diplomat-stub