Wiedeman was the maiden name of Mr. Browning's mother, her father having been a German who settled in Scotland and married a Scotch wife.
A revolution, fomented chiefly by the Leghornese, expelled the Grand Duke in March 1849; about seven weeks later a counter-revolution, chiefly by the peasantry, recalled him.
Chief administrator of the Republic of Tuscany during the short absence of the Grand Duke Leopold.
Minister of the Interior in the Republic of 1848, and one of the most prominent f the advanced Republican leaders.