Bertone di Sambuy, Ernesto Balbo
Name
Bertone di Sambuy, Ernesto Balbo
Gender
Male
Birth
April 12, 1837 Vienna
Death
February 24, 1909 Turin
Descriptive Note
Count Ernesto Balbo Bertone di Sambuy attended the College Saint Michel in Brussels, Belgium. In 1907 he was named Vice President of the Comitato Generale (General Committee) for the organization of the International Exposition of Turin 1911. His tenure was cut short by his death in 1909.
He served as senator for the Italian kingdom and as mayor of Turin (1882-1886). He was President of the Accademia Albertina from 1887 to 1894. Heir to a large fortune that included extensive rural properties but few liquid assets, Count Ernesto Balbo Bertone di Sambuy coped with the agricultural crisis of the turn of the century by selling off marginal tracts of land and holding firm to his ancestral estates. With the liquid assets thus obtained, he began to buy stocks in railroads, machinery, automotive, and chemical firms.
Roles
Public Figures, Kingdom of Italy, Senators;
Committees, Exposition's General Committee, Vice-Presidents
Selected References
Cardoza, Anthony L. “The Large Landed Aristocracy of Piedmont: Retreat and Adaption. 1880-1930.” Studi sull’agricoltura italiana: societa rurale e modernizzazione (1994). Eds.Paolo D’Attorre and Alberto De Bernardi. Milan. Feltrinelli
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