For the history of the Consulate see: Lisi, Rete consolare (2024), p. 158-167.

The Consulate of the Kingdom of Sardinia in Beirut is established in 1825. In November 1825 the first ruling consul was installed. The district includes the territory covering Palestine, Syria, the Pascialik of Aleppo, and the island of Cyprus.

In 1833, the Consulate was downgraded to a Vice-Consulate; from that date until 1842, the Vice-Consulate was dependent on the Consulate General in Alexandria, Egypt.

From 1842, the Vice-Consulate of Beirut, following the establishment of the Consulate of Jerusalem, was placed under the authority of the Consulate General of Constantinople.

In 1845, Haifa, Damascus and Tyre, which had become dependent on the Consulate in Jerusalem, returned to dependence on Beirut.

In 1849, following the closure of the Consulate in Jerusalem, the office in Beirut was elevated to the rank of consulate.

During the long term the consuls are:

• Gerolamo Bobone, ruling viceconsul (1825-1827)
• Giovanni Bianco, ruling viceconsul then consul (1827-1834)
• Giuseppe Bondesio, ruling viceconsul (1834-1836)
• Antonio Repetto, viceconsul (1836-1839)
• Giovanni Battista Carpenetti, viceconsul (1839-1841)
• Luigi Lenchantin, viceconsul (1841-1842)
• Luigi Gobbi, viceconsul then consul (1843-1854)
• Gaetano Villanis, ruling viceconsul (1854-)

Temporary regencies of: Giuseppe Antonio Pagano, Stefano Berzolese, Luigi Pinna, Luigi Cerruti. In 1856, shortly, William Moore, British consul

For the history of the consulate see Lisi, Costanza, La rete consolare del Regno sardo nel Levante ottomano e in Africa del Nord. Repertorio, Torino, Celid, 2024, p. 115-122 (Deputazione Subalpina di Storia Patria. Biblioteca di storia recente, N.S., vol. XXXVII)

Established in 1825, the Consulate was reduced to a Vice-Consulate in 1830 and to a Proconsulate in 1833. Consular Delegation from 1844. From 1855, the Consular Delegation was promoted to Consulate of the first category.

The following consuls, viceconsuls or ruling consuls succeed each other in the period 1825 - 1860

• Niccolò Scotto, Consul (1825-1830)
• Carlo Spagnolini, vice-consul regent (1830-1833)
• Giorgio Vianello, proconsul (1833-1843)
• Francesco Mathieu, delegate vice-consul (1844-1845)
• Stefano Berzolese, delegate vice-consul (1846-1850)
• Bartolomeo Della Torre, delegate vice-consul (1850-1855)
• Giuseppe Luigi Pinna, consul (1856-1857)
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Temporary regencies of: Luigi Navone (1833-1834); Giovanni Pascalin, consul of Sweden and Norway (1843); Luigi Carboneri, proconsul and consul of Holland and Tuscany (1845-1846); Louis Antoine Henry de Mornard, French consul (1855-1856). Between 1857 and 1858, the consulate was once again headed by Louis Antoine Henry de Mornard; between November 1858 and April 1859 by Antoine Guillois, dragoman chancellor, regent of the Consulate of France.

For the history of the proconsulate, see: Lisi, Rete consolare (2024), pp. 197-199.

The Proconsulate, which was dependent on the Consulate of Beirut for the entire period, was established in 1826. The position of proconsul remained vacant from 1849 onwards.
Since then, the protection of Sardinian subjects has been entrusted to French consuls.

The following proconsuls succeeded one another:

• Stefano Pulicani (1826)
• Giorgio Catzflis (June 1826 - October 1844)
• Francesco Atzeni Anastasi (1844-1849)

Mannis, Antonio, nato nell'Isola di San Pietro (Sud Sardegna), ha 15 anni nel 1835. Tavernaro. Stabilito in Tunisia nel dicembre 1833. Vive a Tunisi nel 1835.Nubile "vive di sue fatiche" (Stato nominativo dei sudditi e protetti sardi di S. M. residenti nella Reggenza di Tunisi, 1835, in ASDMAE, Tunisi, b. 242/2, Tunisi, n.19)

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, di Nizza, maestro di scola (da: Elenco dei sudditi sardi [1830-1835 ca], in ASTo, CSCo, mazzo 28/1, "Volanti 1824")
Il generale Garibaldi nelle vesti di "maestro di scola". Sulla presenza di Garibaldi a Costantinopoli si veda Garibaldi Hibbert, A., Garibaldi, l’emigrazione italiana e le politiche sociali, in Gli italiani di Istanbul: figure, comunità e istituzioni dalle Riforme alla Repubblica, 1839-1923, Torino, 2007, p. 175-182.

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Pianove, Maddalena, nato a Tunisi, ha 50 anni nel 1835. Cucitrice. Vive a Tunisi nel 1835. Vedova "vive di sue fatiche" (Stato nominativo dei sudditi e protetti sardi di S. M. residenti nella Reggenza di Tunisi, 1835, in ASDMAE, Tunisi, b. 242/2, Tunisi, n.52)