Federico Sclopis

Federico Sclopis di Salerano (10 January 1798 – 8 March 1878) was an Italian statesman and jurist, best remembered for his role in the unification of Italy and his adjudication in the Alabama claims.

Born in Turin, to a noble family, Sclopis graduated in law and became an official in the administration of Prospero Balbo.

[1] Sclopis also wrote the proclamation in which Charles Albert announced to the people of Lombardy and Venetia his war against Austria.

[1] In 1871 he was sent to Geneva as Victor Emmanuel II's representative on the Alabama arbitration, and was appointed president of that tribunal.

[1] Between 1819 and 1878 he published over seventy works on history, jurisprudence, politics and literature, in Italian, Latin, and French.