In the political history of Kingdom of Sardinia, Camillo Benso di Cavour is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Camillo Benso di Cavour as first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in 1861.
Camillo Benso di Cavour was born at Turin in 1810. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Sardinia. He was educated at Royal Academy of Turin.
The nineteenth century produced mass politics - parties, newspapers, franchises that widened by inches - and empire on a scale never seen before.
The offices held were Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1852–1859), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1860–1861) and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1861).
His political affiliation is recorded as Historical Right.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
Recognition followed: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Most Holy Annunciation and Civil Order of Savoy.
That the career was made in Kingdom of Sardinia is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Camillo Benso di Cavour died in 1861, aged 51. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1852–1859)
- Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1860–1861)
- Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1861)
- minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1855–1855)
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
- Civil Order of Savoy
- Educated at Royal Academy of Turin
