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| Don Pietro Tomasi | |
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| Prince of Lampedusa Duke of Palma Grandee of Spain | |
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| Born | ( 1873-04-07)7 April 1873 |
| Died | 4 December 1962(1962-12-04) (aged 89) |
Pietro Paolo Tomasi (7 April 1873 – 4 December 1962), known asPietro Tomasi della Torretta after his titlemarchese della Torretta (heldin courtesy as a younger son of aPrince of Lampedusa), was an Italian politician and diplomat. He ultimately inherited the family title ofPrince 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 theAmbassador of Italy to the United Kingdom and from 20 July 1944 until his resignation on 25 June 1946, he served asPresident of the Senate.[1]
Born inPalermo, the younger son ofDon 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 toMunich as Italian plenipotentiary in the days preceding the outbreak ofWorld War I. He was also Ambassador to Petrograd 1917-1919 and served in the Italian delegation at the 1919Paris Peace Conference.
From 1921–1922 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet ofIvanhoe Bonomi, having been elected asSenator of the Kingdom in 1921. He was Italian ambassador to theUnited Kingdom 1922-1927.
Hostile toFascism from the start ofBenito Mussolini's government, he became President of the Italian Senate on 20 July 1944, after the Fascist regime collapsed.
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| Preceded by | Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1921–1922 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Italian Senate 1944–1946 | Succeeded by Ivanoe Bonomi (after a two-year vacancy) |
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