Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta

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Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta (born April 20, 1864 in London , † May 27, 1943 in San Sebastián ) was a Spanish diplomat and from 1913 to 1931 ambassador to King Alfonso XIII. with Georg V.

Life

His mother was Sofia Josefa de Zulueta († 1925), the daughter of Pedro José de Zulueta and his father was Marquis Rafael Merry del Val . His brothers were Pedro, Rafael Merry del Val and Domingo Merry del Val y Zulueta . He entered the diplomatic service in 1882 and was employed in the Spanish embassies in Brussels, Rome and Vienna.

On June 24, 1897, he was a guest at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee at Buckingham Palace , where a photograph was taken. On October 17, 1901 he married María de Alzola y González de Castejón (born January 31, 1879). 1908 Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta was sent to the embassy in Tangier . Five years later, in 1913, he became Ambassador to the Court of St James’s .

After the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Merry demanded recognition of the Irish government by the Spanish government. At the same time Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta became ambassador to London and Alfons XIII. let the Spanish state pay for its expenses. In 1927 the book Alfonso XIII Unmasked: The Military Terror in Spain by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was put on the index in Spain. Merry gave an interview to Time Magazine and argued with the pacification of the Rif, which was carried out with mustard gas .

On May 31, 1931, Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta was retired. After the coup led by Francisco Franco's generals, Merry produced propaganda for the coup plotters in London.

Publications

  • The conflict in Spain: Communistic mis-statements refuted, London: Catholic Truth Society , 20 pp., 1937.
  • Spanish Basques and separatism Burns, Oates. & Washbourne Ltd., 1939

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New York Times , Aug. 31, 1917, RAFAEL MERRY DEL VAL DIES; Once Eminent Spanish Diplomatist Was Father of the Cardinal . pdf
  2. ↑ left to right unknown; Don Josúaro, secretary of the Special Spanish Embassy and actual secretary of the Spanish legation in Lisbon in 1897; Don Carlos, 8th Duke of Sotomayor († 1910), Special Spanish Ambassador for Queen Victoria's Jubilee Captain Hon. Alwyn Henry Fulke Greville (1854-1929), later Colonel Greville; Sitting: Alfonso Merry del Val; Benitez al Villar
  3. ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado , 21/02/1908, Real decreto nombrando Enviado Extraordinario, Ministro Plenipotenciario de primera clase á D. Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta, destinándose á la Legación española en Tánger.
  4. ↑ Alvaro Jaspe ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Gaceta de Madrid núm. 196, de 14/07/1916, Real decreto concediendo la Gran Cruz del Mérito Naval, blanca, libre de gastos, a D. Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta, Embajador de España, en la Gran Bretaña.
  6. ^ Gaceta de Madrid núm. 225, de 13/08/1925, Real decreto declarando libre de todo gasto la merced de Título del Reino que, con la denominación de Marqués de Merry del Val, se concedió por Real decreto de 9 de Julio último a don Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta, Embajador de España en Londres.
  7. ↑ Time , Oct. 03, 1927, SPAIN: Decadent?
  8. ^ Gaceta de Madrid , núm. 151, de 31/05/1931, Decreto declarando jubilado a D. Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta, Embajador en situación de excedente voluntario.
predecessor Office successor
Wenceslao Ramírez de Villaurrutia Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1913–1931 		Ramón Pérez de Ayala
personal data
SURNAME Merry del Val y Zulueta, Alfonso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1943
Place of death San Sebastian