Giuseppe Palumbo (Naples, 31 December 1840 – Naples, 16 February 1913) was an Italian admiral and politician. As a career member of the Regia Marina, he took part in the First and Second Italian Wars of Independence. He was later elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy, then appointed to the Senate, and served as Minister of the Navy from 1898-99.[1][2]
Giuseppe Palumbo | |
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| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 29 June 1898 – 14 May 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Felice Napoleone Canevaro |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Bettolo |
| Senator | |
| In office 23 March 1904 – 16 February 1913 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 21 March 1897 – 1 May 1902 | |
Early life and career
editGiuseppe Palumbo was admitted to the it: Real accademia di marina in 1851, from which he graduated in 1856 with the rank of ensign. He began his career in the navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, first on the Tancredi, and later on other Neapolitan ships.[3]
He entered the Royal Navy and in December 1860 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, taking part in the campaign in southern Italy of 1860-1861 and distinguishing himself in the sieges of Gaeta and Messina, earning a silver medal for military valor. He then participated in an educational cruise for officer candidates to South America, under the command of Admiral Simone Antonio Saint-Bon, aboard the frigate Principe Umberto in 1865-1866. They returned to Italy in time to take part in the battle of Lissa, where Palumbo distinguished himself in the rescue of the shipwrecked sailors from the Re d'Italia. The following September, on board the same ship, he was sent to Palermo to suppress the local anti-unity movement. Promoted to frigate captain in 1878, he obtained command of the gunboat Cariddi and in 1880 of the Agostino Barbarigo.[3][4]
In 1882 he obtained command of the propeller-driven corvette Vettor Pisani with which he undertook a voyage to circumnavigate the globe lasting three years, being promoted to captain in 1883. The voyage was an important source of new scientific discoveries in the fields of hydrography, marine zoology and botany.[3][5][6][7][8]
Later naval career
editPalumbo served as Chief of Staff of the Permanent Squadron from 17 December 1885 to 10 May 1886 and was awarded the rank of Rear Admiral on 28 December 1890. He was then Senior Commander of the Royal Crew Corps between 11 February 1891 and 22 January 1893 and was Commander of the Naval Academy from 1 December 1893 to 11 January 1895. The following year, on 9 April, he reached the rank of Vice Admiral, and was appointed Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Naval Force on 1 May 1901,[9] followed by the position of President of the Superior Naval Council which he held from 2 July 1903 to July 16, 1904.[3][10]
In 1903 he made a diplomatic voyage to Istanbul on board the Agordat, together with eight other officials, to present gifts from king Victor Emmanuel III to sultan Abdul Hamid II.[11][12]
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the Vettor Pisani -
Nautical chart of Pernambuco Roads, Brazil, surveyed by Palumbo in 1882 -
the Agordat
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Political career
editPalumbo was elected as a deputy from the constituency of Castellammare di Stabia, serving from 1897 to 1902.[13] He was then appointed a senator in 1904.[14] He served for a while as undersecretary of state and was then Minister of the Navy in the first Pelloux government from 29 June 1898 to 14 May 1899.[15][10]
On 1 January 1906 he retired due to age and was placed on the reserve list. He died in Naples in 1913.[3]
Honours
edit![Silver Medal of Military Valor[10] - ribbon for ordinary uniform](/wiki/File:Valor_militare_silver_medal_BAR.svg) |
Silver Medal of Military Valor[10] |
![Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy[10] - ribbon for ordinary uniform](/wiki/File:Cavaliere_di_Gran_Croce_OCI_Kingdom_BAR.svg) |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy[10] |
| — 9 January 1904 |
![Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[10] - ribbon for ordinary uniform](/wiki/File:Cavaliere_di_gran_Croce_Regno_SSML_BAR.svg) |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[10] |
| — 21 December 1905 |
References
edit- ^ "Palumbo, Giuseppe". treccani.it. Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Palumbo, Giuseppe". sapere.it. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Gemignani, Marco. "PALUMBO, Giuseppe". treccani.it. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Rivista marittima. Rome: Ministero della Marina. 1878. p. 350. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Agassiz, Alexander (1892). General Sketch of the Expedition of the "Albatross", from February to May, 1891. Harvard, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. p. 20. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ The American Journal of Science Volume 135. New Haven, CT. 1888. p. 421. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Annali di medicina navale e coloniale. Rome: Ministero della Marina. 1909. p. 676. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Groeben, Christiane (2009). "The Three-year Circumnavigation by the Vettor Pisani". Hydro International (May 21, 2009).
- ^ Rivista Marittima. Rome: Ministero Della Marina. 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "PALUMBO Giuseppe". senato.it. Senato della Repubblica. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Gazzetta Ufficiale. Rome: Istituto poligrafico dello stato. 1902. p. 3932. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Frassati, Luciana (1978). Un uomo, un giornale: Alfredo Frassati, vol. I Parte Seconda. Rome: Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. p. 6. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Giuseppe Palumbo". storia.camera.it. Camera dei Deputati. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Il Secolo XX rivista popolare illustrata · Volume 3. Milan: Fratelli Treves. 1902. p. 30. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens Volume 26. Pula: Carl Gerold’s Sohn Verlag. 1898. p. 842. Retrieved 4 February 2024.