Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard
Spanish military historian and politician
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Lived 1793 – 1862 (aged 68). Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard was a Spanish military historian, politician, historian, military personnel, writer and minister.
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).
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Spanish military historian and politician
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Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard was born on 12 October 1793 in Barcelona.
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Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard died on 23 February 1862 in Madrid.
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Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard was a military historian, politician, historian, military personnel, writer and minister.
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Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard was Spanish.
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