See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT LODOVICO See also:

• COUNT LODOVICO CORTI (1823–1888)

CORTI (1823–1888)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian diplomatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Gambarano on the 28th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1823 . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early involved with Benedetto See also:

• CAIROLI, BENEDETTO (1825-1889)

Cairoli in See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian conspiracies, he was exiled to See also:

• TURIN

Turin, where he entered the Piedmontese See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . After serving as See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery officer through the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1848, he was in 185o appointed secretary of See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation in See also:

• LONDON

London, whence he was promoted See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to various capitals, and in 1875 ambas§ador to See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . Called by Cairoli to the direction of foreign affairs in 1878, he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, but unwisely declined See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby's offer for an Anglo-Italian agreement in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• COMMON

common interests . At Berlin he sustained the cause of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, but in all other respects remained isolated, and excited the wrath of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country-men by returning to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy with " clean hands." For a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he withdrew from public See also:

• LIFE

life, but in 1881 was again sent to Constantinople by Cairoli, where he presided over the futile See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference Of ambassadors upon the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian question . In 1886 he was transferred to the London See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy, but was recalled by See also:

• CRISPI, FRANCESCO (1819-1901)

Crispi in the following See also:

• YEAR

year through a misunderstanding . He died in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome on the 9th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1888 .