Felix Joseph de Abreu y Bertodano
Felix Joseph de Abreu y Bertodano (born July 13, 1721 in Caracas , † 1766 ) was the ambassador of Charles III. of Spain with George II of Great Britain .
Life
His father was Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu (* July 8, 1688 in Santa Cruz de La Palma , † November 28, 1756), Felix Joseph de Abreu y Bertodano was a knight of the Order of Santiago , member of the colleges of the Archbishop (José Sancho Granado) and from the University of Salamanca , member of the Real Academía de la Lengua Espanola .
In the age of letters of piracy, bucaneers , privateers and corsairs , he wrote a memorandum with the title Tratado juridico-politico, sobre pressas de mar y calidades, que deben concurrir para hacerse legitimamente el corso (legal-political contract on prisoners at sea). He dedicated the work to Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea, Marqués de Ensenada ; it was printed in Cádiz in the Imprenta Real de Marina , on Calle de San Francisco in 1747.
The date of the first printing in 1747, suggests that the ideas contained therein found their way into the Peace of Aachen signed in 1748 , where it was agreed that prisoners of war would be released to their home countries without ransom after the hostile acts.
Fonts
- Traite Juridico-Politique sur les Prises Maritimes, et Sur les Moyens qui Doivent Concourir pour Rendre ces Prises Legitimes .
Individual evidence
- ^ Felix Joseph de Abreu y Bertodano, Tratado juridico-politico, sobre pressas de mar y calidades, que deben concurrir para hacerse legitimamente el corso.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Wall |
Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1754–1760 |
Juan Joaquín Atanasio Pignatelli y Fernández de Heredia, hrabia Fuentes |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abreu y Bertodano, Felix Joseph de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish diplomat and ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caracas |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1766 |