Spanish statesman and author, born in Madrid on the 5th of November 1807. In early life he was in frequent political troubles, resulting in his being thrice exiled. He served for a number of years in the Spanish army, and held the offices, at various times, of Secretary of State, ambassador to Portugal, Minister of the Interior, and ambassador to Germany. He was the author of romances entitled El Conde de Candespina (1832), and Ni Rey, Ni Rogue (1835); of several dramas, and a Constitutional History of England in Spanish. He died at Madrid on the 22nd of January 1878.
