biography
| name: |
Persano, Carlo Pellion of
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pronunciation:
[pairsahnoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1806–83)
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| biography:
| Italian admiral, born in Vercelli, Piedmont, N Italy. He led a naval division at the siege of Ancona in 1860 and was First Lord of the Admiralty in 1862. He was commander-in chief of the navy during the 3rd Italian Independence War when the Italian fleet was soundly defeated at Lissa (1866), and was tried and dismissed for ineptitude. |
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