Anglo-Corsican Kingdom

The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom existed on the island of Corsica between 1794 and 1796. Officially,it was also known  as the Kingdom of Corsica. It was a client state of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The state existed during the French Revolutionary Wars.  In 1794, Britain sent a fleet to Corsica under Admiral Samuel Hood. It was during the fighting to capture Calvi that then-Captain Horatio Nelson lost the sight in his right eye. For a short time, Corsica was added to the dominions of King George III, chiefly by the exertions of Hood's fleet, and Paoli's cooperation.

The constitution was democratic, with a viceroy (Sir Gilbert Elliot) representing the King, an elected unicameral Parliament, and a Council that was the executive body of the Kingdom, with Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo as procureur-general-syndic (chief of the civil government) and later president of the council of state, at its head.

Category:History of Corsica
Category:1790s in Europe
Category:British Empire