Baron Profumo
Baron Profumo is a title in the peerage of the Kingdom of Sardinia. It was created by Charles Albert, King of Sardinia on 30 November 1843 for Antonio Profumo, a Genoese merchant and politician who was President of the Tribunal of Commerce in Genoa.[1] The title has not been used by its last two holders.
Barons Profumo
- Antonio Profumo, 1st Baron Profumo (1788-1852) (on Italian Wikipedia here)
- Pietro Profumo, 2nd Baron Profumo, principal secretary to Count Cavour (d. 1867)
- Joseph Alexander Profumo, 3rd Baron Profumo (b. 1849; emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1850)
- Albert Peter Anthony Profumo, 4th Baron Profumo, barrister (1879-1940)
- John Dennis Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo, British politician known for the Profumo affair (1915-2006)
- David John Profumo, 6th Baron Profumo, novelist (b. 1955)
The heir to the title is the present holder's son, Alexander James Profumo (b. 1983).
See also
References
- ↑ In Ruvigny's Nobilities of Europe: http://www.archive.org/stream/nobilitiesofeuro01ruviuoft#page/140/mode/2up; http://www.archive.org/stream/nobilitiesofeuro01ruviuoft#page/20/mode/2up
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