{"record":{"aliases":["Luigi Avogadro di Collobiano","Collobiano Arborio"],"appointmentIds":["italy-e6d9641471c757"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/luigi-avogadro-di-collobiano-arborio-c93ea008a1/","countrySlug":"italy","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/luigi-avogadro-di-collobiano-arborio-c93ea008a1/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Luigi Avogadro di Collobiano Arborio was born in Turin in 1843 into a family active in public service. He studied law at Turin University and entered the foreign ministry in 1863. St. Petersburg and Paris assignments preceded his appointment as a legation secretary in Washington in 1868.","As acting representative in Washington, he helped conduct the final exchanges surrounding the restoration of Italian–Mexican relations. In November 1869, he reported thanking Secretary of State Hamilton Fish for American good offices and notifying him of Italy’s appointment of a representative to Mexico. Mexican minister Ignacio Mariscal also visited him and assured him that the new envoy would be welcome.","Avogadro subsequently served in European capitals and Constantinople, and worked as Foreign Minister Carlo di Robilant’s secretary in 1885–87. He later headed the missions in Lisbon, Constantinople, and Madrid. Appointed a senator in May 1904, after his diplomatic retirement, he died at Piverone in July 1917."],"id":"italy:luigi avogadro di collobiano arborio","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-c93ea008a18488cc9806.html","name":"Luigi Avogadro di Collobiano Arborio","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["avogadro-senate"],["avogadro-mexico"],["avogadro-senate"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-c93ea008a18488cc9806.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"8511774826fcf89c","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"","id":"avogadro-senate","locator":"Biographical dates, education, diplomatic appointments and Senate nomination","publisher":"Archivio storico del Senato della Repubblica","title":"Avogadro di Collobiano Arborio Luigi: biographical and career record","type":"official-biography","url":"https://patrimonio.archivio.senato.it/repertorio-senatori-regno/senatore/IT-SEN-SEN0001-000114/"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"","id":"avogadro-mexico","locator":"First series, volume XII, document 58, report 114","publisher":"Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani","title":"Collobiano Arborio to Menabrea, Washington, November 4, 1869","type":"primary-record","url":"https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/series/PRIMA%20SERIE/volumi/VOLUME%20%20XII/full"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 26 October 2026","id":"mission-aac9724cf9a1cd7fdcd9","locator":"Printed pp. 53–55 list chiefs and acting heads. Appointment boundaries are not uniform arrival or credential dates.","publisher":"","title":"Italian MFA historical archive: Washington mission, 1848–1901","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.esteri.it/mae/Servizi/ArchivioStorico/11Washington.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 26 October 2026","id":"mission-67e5252c04637df36483","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"Historical representation: Kingdom of Italy","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.quirinale.it/it/pagine/italian-tricolour-flag"}],"topics":["Italian–Mexican relations","diplomatic mediation","Italian Senate"]},"schemaVersion":1}