Pietro Tomasi della Torretta
| Don Pietro Tomasi | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Lampedusa Duke of Palma di Montechiaro Grandee of Spain | |
| Born | 7 April 1873 |
| Died | 4 December 1962 (aged 89) |
Pietro Paolo Tomasi (7 April 1873 – 4 December 1962), known as Pietro Tomasi della Torretta after his title marchese della Torretta (borne by courtesy as a younger son of a Prince of Lampedusa), was an Italian politician and diplomat. He ultimately inherited the family title of Prince of Lampedusa from his nephew, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (d. 1957), and was its last holder either officially or by inheritance. From 1922 to 1927, he served as the Ambassador of Italy to the United Kingdom and from 20 July 1944 until his resignation on 25 June 1946, he served as President of the Senate.[1]
Biography
Born in Palermo, the younger son of Don Giuseppe Tomasi, 10th Prince of Lampedusa (1838–1908) and Stefania Papè, Tomasi earned a degree in jurisprudence but quickly took up a diplomatic career. From 1910 to 1914 he led the cabinet of Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonino Paternò-Castello di San Giuliano. Just after the latter's death, in May 1913 Della Torretta was sent to Munich as Italian plenipotentiary in the days preceding the outbreak of World War I. He was also Ambassador to Petrograd 1917-1919 and served in the Italian delegation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
From 1921–1922 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ivanhoe Bonomi, having been elected as Senator of the Kingdom in 1921. He was Italian ambassador to the United Kingdom 1922-1927.
Hostile to Fascism from the start of Benito Mussolini's government, he became President of the Italian Senate on 20 July 1944, after the Fascist regime collapsed.
References
- ^ "TOMASI DELLA TORRETTA Pietro". Senate of the Republic (in Italian). Retrieved 11 February 2024.