Cayo Marqués de San Carlos Quiñones de León

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Cayo Marqués de San Carlos Quiñones de León (* 1819 in León ; † 1898 ) was a Spanish diplomat .

Life

Cayo Quiñones was the son of José María Quiñones de León Lorenzana (1788-1853), Marqués de Montevirgen, the finance minister of Ferdinand VII. Cayo de León entered the foreign service as de Agregado sin sueldo (attaché or intern). From November 24, 1838 to 1839, he was envoy in Paris . In 1848 Cayo Quiñones de Leon was legation secretary in Bern . He came with dispatches from Vienna indicating that the interrupted diplomatic relations between Spain and Austria had been resumed.

In 1856 the Spanish government established diplomatic relations with the Bundestag (Deutscher Bund) in Frankfurt am Main . From 1857 to 1859 Cayo Quiñones de Leon was ambassador in Frankfurt am Main.

In 1857 the Marquesado de San Carlos (título de las Dos Sicilias) was built for him. He sat for Ponferrada in 1855 and 1858–1864 and in 1876 in the Cortes (assembly of estates) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Modesto Sánchez Ortíz, Fermín Berástegui, [1] Las primeras Cámaras de la Regencia : datos electorales 1886-568 . S37
predecessor Office successor
Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo Spanish ambassador to France
1838–1839 		Salustiano Olózaga
Francisco Estrada Spanish envoy to the German Confederation
1857–1859 		Manuel Rancés y Villanueva
personal data
SURNAME San Carlos Quiñones de León, Cayo Marqués de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Leon
DATE OF DEATH 1898