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Alfonso La Marmora
Alfonso La Marmora
(18 November 1804 – 5 January 1878), or Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Alfonso Lamarmora and Alfonso Ferrero, Cavaliere La Marmora, was an
Italian
general
and
statesman
.
He was born at
Turin
in a rich and noble family: his father was a
Marquis
. In 1822 he graduated in the Military Academy of
Turin
;
[1]
then began a military career, which led him to become general in 1856.
[2]
In the
Kingdom of Sardinia
he was twice Minister of War in the governments led by
Massimo D'Azeglio
and
Camillo Cavour
.
[3]
In 1854 La Marmora made a law that improved the quality of the troops, created new academies for officers, retouched the recruitment system, bringing to 60,000 Army soldiers (of which only a quarter in active service, while the rest evaded the lever paying a substitute), doubled the units of riflemen and strengthened the light cavalry at the expense of heavy. Even the artillery, health and administrative apparatus were renovated, as well as logistics services.
[3]
In 1855 he resigned from the post of Minister of War because he went to fight in the
Crimean War
. He was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 19 July 1859 to 21 January 1860.
[4]
In the years immediately after the Italian unification, he was governor of
Milan
and Prefect of
Naples
.
[4]
Member of the "Historical Right", La Marmora was Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the
Kingdom of Italy
from 18 September 1864 to 20 July 1866.
[1]
He resigned from office to go fight the third Italian independence war:
[1]
on this occasion, however, he committed several strategic errors, which cost a heavy defeat for Italy.
In 1870 he
retired
from political life. He died in
Florence
and was buried in
Biella
in the church of San Sebastiano.
[2]
His brother,
Alessandro La Marmora
, founded the corps of
Bersaglieri
.
- ↑
1.0
1.1
1.2
Alfonso Ferrero della Marmora
- ↑
2.0
2.1
LA MARMORA, Alfonso Ferrero, Marchese del, (1804 - 1878) Italian General and Politician
- ↑
3.0
3.1
La Marmora, Alfonso Ferrero di
- ↑
4.0
4.1
Alfonso La Marmora (Ferrero)
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