What is Anglo-Corsican Kingdom?
[[File:Flag of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom.svg|thumb|Flag of Corsica]] The '''Anglo-Corsican Kingdom''' existed on the island of [[Corsica]] between 1794 and 1796. Officially,it was also known as the [[Kingdom of Corsica (1736)|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 [[Samuel Hood|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 [[George III|King George III]], chiefly by the exertions of Hood's fleet, and [[Pasquale Paoli|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]]