Carlo Leone Edwin Gioacchino (Lionello)
Hierschel de Minerbi
Male
Italy
1873-10-29
Paris, France
1937-12-17
Roma, Italy
The following piece was translated and adapted from the Italian Wikipedia entry on Carlo de Minerbi, which can be accessed here:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionello_Hierschel_de_Minerbi
From a noble Triestine and Jewish family, Carlo Leone Hierschel de Minerbi was born in Paris in 1873, the son of Oscar Hierschel de Minerbi (1835-1908), a diplomat, and Emilie Hierschel de Minerbi (née Obermayer).
After dedicating himself to both football and tennis, and having obtained a degree in engineering, Carlo Leone Hierschel de Minerbi was active as a deputy from March 1909 to September 1919, during the 23rd and 24th governments of the Kingdom of Italy.
Hierschel de Minerbi was also a collector of art objects and an art dealer. In 1906, he bought the Venetian residence known as Ca' Rezzonico from Robert Barrett Browning, son of the poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. He carried out restoration work on the building, adapting the residence to his own tastes. Due to financial difficulties, he was later forced to sell the property. The related negotiations with the municipality of Venice began in 1931 and finally ended in 1935.
Hierschel de Minerbi was also the owner of the Palazzo Grimani of Santa Maria Formosa and of the Villa Foscari. After substantial negotiations, the Palladian villa was resold by him in 1926, to Albert (Bertie) Clinton Landsberg, with financial support from the patron Catherine d’Erlanger, wife of the banker Emile Beaumont d’Erlanger.
Carlo Leone Hierschel de Minerbi was the father of Oscar de Minerbi who also became a tennis player.
1895 - 1914
4
31
16
1899 - Trieste (Amateur)
1898 - Italian National Championships (Open)
1897 - Italian National Championships (Open)
1896 - Italian National Championships (Open)
Quarterfinals
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
W.E. Belknap
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
w.o.
Round 2
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
T. De Mesa
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
C. Boninger
6-0
7-5
Quarterfinals
Marcel Vacherot 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
10-8
6-1
Round 2
Hugo James Hardy 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
A. Van der Byl
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
Richard Russell Hunting
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
E.W. Richards
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-4
2-6
6-0
Round 1
Rudolf O. Schindler 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
Everett Colby
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
3-6
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Frederick William Payn 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Robert Hough 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
5-6
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
H.K. Evans 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-2
6-4
Final
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
Mr. Ulbing
6-1
6-3
Round 2
H.K. Evans 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
J. Chalier
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Francis Louis Fassitt 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-2
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
C. Warden
7-5
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
T.A. White 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
4-6
10-8
6-0
Round 1
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
w.o.
Round 2
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-3
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
W. Wallace
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Richard Clifford 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
Tommaso (Tom) Antongini
2-6
6-3
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
Alberto Pirelli
6-1
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
G. Guarino
6-3
6-4
ret.
Final
Lionel de Minerbi 1 *
B. Croce
6-4
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Edward Burford Morrison 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-2
6-1