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BENEDETTO See also:CAIROLI (1825-1889)
, See also:Italian statesman, was See also:born at See also:Pavia on the 28th of See also:January 1825
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From 1848 until the completion of Italian unity in 187o, his whole activity was devoted to the Risorgimento, as Garibaldian officer, See also:political refugee, See also:anti-See also:Austrian conspirator and See also:deputy to See also:parliament
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He commanded a volunteer See also:company under See also:Garibaldi in 18J9 and 186o, being wounded slightly at See also:Calatafimi and severely at See also:Palermo in the latter See also:year
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In 1866, with the See also:rank of See also:colonel, he assisted Garibaldi in See also:Tirol, in 1867 fought at Mentana, and in 187o conducted the negotiations with See also:Bismarck, during which the See also:German See also:chancellor is alleged to have promised See also:Italy See also:possession of See also:Rome and of her natural frontiers if the Democratic party could prevent an See also:alliance between See also:Victor See also:Emmanuel and See also:Napoleon
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The See also:prestige personally acquired by Benedetto See also:Cairoli was augmented by that of his four See also:brothers, who See also:fell during the See also:wars of Risorgimento, and by the heroic conduct of their See also:mother
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His refusal of all See also:compensation or distinction further endeared him to the Italian See also:people: When in 1876 the See also:Left came into See also:power, Cairoli, then a deputy of sixteen years' See also:standing, became See also:parliamentary See also:leader of his party, and, after the fall of See also:Depretis, See also:Nicotera and See also:Crispi, formed his first See also:cabinet in See also: Thenceforward he practically disappeared from political See also:life . In 1887 he received the See also:knight-See also:hood of the Annunziata, the highest Italian decoration, and on the 8th of See also:August 1889 died while a See also:guest of King Humbert in the royal See also:palace of Capodimonte near Naples . Cairoli was one of the most conspicuous representatives of that type of Italian public men who, having conspired and fought for a See also:generation in the cause of See also:national unity, were despite their valour little fitted for the responsible parliamentary and See also:official positions they subsequently attained; and who by their See also:ignorance of foreign affairs and of See also:internal See also:administration unwittingly impeded the political development of their country . |
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