Cristóbal Gregorio VI. Portocarrero Osorio Villalpando y Guzmán

Cristóbal Gregorio VI. Portocarrero Osorio Villalpando y Guzmán (born June 2, 1693 in Montijo (Badajoz) ; † June 15, 1763 ibid) was Philip V of Spain's ambassador to George II of Great Britain from 1731 to 1736 .

Life

His parents were María Regalada de Villalpando, 4th Marquesa de Osera, the third wife of his father, 4th Conde de Montijo (October 27 to December 6, 1697).

He married in the municipality of San Martin in Madrid on March 15, 1717 María Dominga Francisca Zaviera Ignacia Josefa Teresa Luisa Fausta Antonia Fernández de Córdoba y Portocarrero (born March 9, 1693 in Madrid-1747), lady in waiting of Elisabetta Farnese and Maria Barbara de Bragança , Daughter of a former canon.

From 1731 to 1735 he was Philip V's ambassador to George II.

When Patrick Laules (1676–1739) from Kilkenny was appointed Spanish ambassador to Holland, the Dutch ambassador in London was surprised at Portocarrero and asked if he was an Irishman. Portocarrero heard disdain and replied that he did not know and reported on the good qualities of Laules.

The Minister of Finance, War, Navy and American Colonies, José Patiño, appointed Tomás Geraldino to represent the Spanish Crown in the South Sea Company . When José Patiño died on November 3, 1736, his post was taken over by marqués de Torrenueva and Tomás Geraldino took over the post of ambassador in London and Pedro Tyrry was the supreme slave trader of the Spanish Crown with the South Sea Company.

In 1741 he was with José de Carvajal y Lancaster , envoy to the Perpetual Reichstag in Frankfurt am Main . Since Charles VI. died on October 20, 1740, was at the Diet on January 24, 1742 in Frankfurt am Main , Charles VII. to the Roman-German king chosen .

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Cristóbal Gregorio VI. Portocarrero Osorio Villalpando y Guzmán was:

• the 5th Conde de Montijo,
• the 4th Conde de Fuentidueña ,
• the 10th Marqués de Villanueva del Fresno ,
• Marqués de Valderrábano ,
• the 9th Marqués de La Algaba ,
• the 10th Marqués de Ardales ,
• the 11th Conde de Teba (by marriage.)
• Marqués de Osera ,
• Grande de España de 1st class

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1. ↑ http://grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/montijo.htm
2. ↑ Conde de Montijo to José Patino (1666–1737), London, September 6, 1734 ( Archivo General de Simancas ), E., Negociación de Inglaterra, leg. 6888, nf after Óscar Recio Morales, Irish émigré group strategies of survivaL adaptation and integration in seventeenthand eighteenth-century Spain ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Rafael Donoso Anes, EL ASIENTO DE ESCLAVOS CON INGLATERRA (1713-1750). (ESPECIAL REFERENCIAA LA IMPORTANCIA ADQUIRIDA POR LA CONTABILIDAD EN SU DESARROLLO)
4. ↑ http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/12593401997032648532624/p0000008.htm

predecessor	Office	successor
Jacinto de Pozobeuno	Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1731–1736	Thomas Geraldino