Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard
Spanish military historian and politician
The Most Excellent The Count of Clonard | |
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Prime Minister of Spain | |
In office 19 October 1849 – 20 October 1849 | |
Monarch | Isabella II |
Preceded by | Ramon Maria Narvaez |
Succeeded by | Juan Bravo Murillo |
Personal details | |
Born | Serafín María de Sotto y Abbach |
Nationality | Spanish |
Don Serafín María de Sotto y Abbach, 3rd Count of Clonard and 5th Marquis of la Granada (12 October 1793, in Barcelona, Spain – 23 February 1862, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish noble, politician, writer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Spain for one day in October 1849. Elder son of Raimundo de Sotto, 2nd Count of Clonard and Ramona Abbach, 4th Marquise of la Granada, he was of Irish patrilineal descent, a descendant of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley. In Spain, the family name had been Hispanicized as Sotto.
Works
- Memoria para la Historia de las tropas de la Casa Real de España (1824).
- Memoria histórica de las academias militares de España (1847).
- Historia orgánica de las armas de Infantería y Caballería españolas (1851–1859).
- Álbum de la Infantería española (1861).
- Álbum de la Caballería española (1861).
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Serafín María de Sotto.
- Catalan Encyclopedia. Serafín de Sotto.
- The 3rd Count of Clonard at the House of Sutton's official site.
- Personal dossier of the Count of Clonard. Spanish Senate.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Prime Minister of Spain 19 October 1849 – 20 October 1849 | Succeeded by |
Spanish nobility | ||
Preceded by Raimundo de Sotto | Count of Clonard 27 March 1823 – 23 February 1862 | Succeeded by Raimundo de Sotto |
Italian nobility | ||
Preceded by Ramona Abbach | Marquis of la Granada 11 May 1831 – 23 February 1862 | Succeeded by Raimundo de Sotto |
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