Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa

Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa (16 July 1808 – 12 January 1889) was an Italian statesman who served as President of the Senate from 1 December 1870 to 20 September 1874.

[1] Born in Trapani, was Count and Marquis of Torrearsa.

Fardella was then in exile in Turin, London and Nice.

In 1861 he was elected Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies and soon after appointed Senator of the Kingdom.

In 1870, after the capture of Rome, he was elected president of the Senate of Italy, the first in Palazzo Madama, until 1874.