Biography

Mentioned in 18590531CharlesSumner_WHS: "At Turin I saw the Count de Cavour, the statesman who is now organizing this great contest for Independence."

"Camillo Benso, count di Cavour, (born August 10, 1810, Turin, Piedmont, French Empire—died June 6, 1861, Turin, Italy) Piedmontese statesman, a conservative whose exploitation of international rivalries and of revolutionary movements brought about the unification of Italy (1861) under the House of Savoy, with himself as the first prime minister of the new kingdom."