Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard
![]() | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (February 2023) |
The Count of Clonard | |
---|---|
Prime Minister of Spain | |
In office 19 October – 20 October 1849 | |
Monarch | Isabella II |
Preceded by | Ramon Maria Narvaez |
Succeeded by | Juan Bravo Murillo |
Minister of War of Spain | |
In office 14 April – 19 July 1840 | |
Monarch | Isabella II |
Regent | Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies |
Prime Minister | Evaristo Pérez de Castro |
Preceded by | Fernando de Norzaragay (as acting) |
Succeeded by | Valentín Ferraz |
In office 19 October – 20 October 1849 | |
Monarch | Isabella II |
Prime Minister | Hismelf |
Preceded by | Francisco de Paula y Figueras |
Succeeded by | Francisco de Paula y Figueras |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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.