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. 204-215 (Deputazione Subalpina di storia patria. Biblioteca di storia recente, N.S., vol. XXXVII)
The Consulate of the Kingdom of Sardinia in Alexandria of Egypt is established in 1825. In October 1825 the first ruling consul was installed. The district includes all the territory subjected to the Viceroy of Egypt, the Island of Crete and the adjacent islands. Dependent vice-consulates are established in Heraklion and Cairo. From 1833 to 1842 the consulate of Beirut, which became a vice-consulate, was dependent on Alexandria of Egypt. The dependance of Island of Crete ceases in 1842.
During the long term the consuls are:
·Domenico Pedemonte, ruling consul then consul (1825-1835)
·Gerolamo Ermirio, consul (1836-1837)
·Paolo Cerruti, consul (1837-1854)
·Luigi Gobbi, consul (1854-1860).
Ruling consuls: Giuseppe Bondesio (1831-1833); ·Daniel Dumreicher, consul of Demmark (1835); ·Antonio Baratta (1835-1836); ·Andrea Folco (1849); ·Luigi Leardi (1853; 1854)
