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GIACOMO DURANDO (1807-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 694 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GIACOMO

DURANDO (1807-1894)  ,
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Italian general and statesman, was born at
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Mondovi in Piedmont . He was implicated in the revolutionary movements of 1831 and 1832, after which he was obliged to take
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refuge abroad . He served in the Belgian army, taking
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part in the war of 1832, and fought in
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Portugal in 1833 . The following
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year he entered the service of Spain, when he fought in various
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campaigns, and was promoted colonel in 1838 . After a short stay in France he returned to Italy and identified himself with the Liberal
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movement; he became an active journalist, and founded a newspaper called L' Opinione in 1847 . In 1848 he was one of those who asked King Charles Albert for the constitution . On the outbreak of the war with Austria he took command of the Lombard
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volunteers as major-general, and in the
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campaign of 1849 he was aide-de-camp to the king . He was elected member of the first Piedmontese parliament and was a strenuous supporter of Cavour; during the
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Crimean campaign he took General La Marmora's place as war minister . In 1855 he was nominated senator,
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lieutenant-general in 1856, ambassador at Constantinople in 1859, and minister for
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foreign affairs in the Rattazzi
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cabinet two years later . He was president of the senate from 1884 to 1887, after which year he retired from the army . He died in 1894 . His
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brother, GIOVANNI DURANDO (1804-1869), was in early
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life driven into exile on account of his Liberal opinions .

He served in the armies of

Belgium, Portugal and Spain, distinguishing himself in many engagements . Returning to Italy on the out-break of the revolution of 1848, he was appointed
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commander of a division of the pontifical forces, and fought against the Austrians in
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Venetia until the fall of
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Vicenza, when he returned to Piedmont as major-general . In the campaign of 1849 he commanded the first Piedmontese division; he subsequently served in the Crimea, in the war of 1859, and in that of 1866 as commander of the I . Army Corps . In 1867 he was appointed president of the supreme military and
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naval tribunal .

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I am searching for proof that some Spurs I have are from an Italian Military man. I was told all my life that the Spurs were from a many time Grandfather of mine. I need to connect these wonderful old spurs to the Officer, than I want to donate them to a Military Museum in Italy. they are not for sale. any help into this matter would be welcome. I have traced my Grandfather Durando to Catamia Italy. Born 1869 Would be wonderful if I could locate a painting or drawing with him on a horse with the spurs on his boots, way too much to ask for but I can hope!
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