Francisco Merry y Colom

Francisco Merry y Colóm, 1st Conde de Beñomar (born May 1, 1829 in Seville , † January 4, 1900 in Rome ) was a Spanish diplomat .

Life

Representatives of the great powers at the Berlin Congress (1878): Above right Conde de Beñomar

Francisco Merry y Colom, Conde de Beñomar was a son of Dolores Colom and Antonio Merry, Prussian and Russian consul in Seville. Alfonso XII built the Condado de Beñomar for him in 1878. He began his diplomatic career in 1849 at the Spanish Embassy in Morocco with Mulai Abd ar-Rahman in Tangier , where he worked from 1860 to 1871.

From 1875 to 1888 he was the ambassador of Alfonso XII. and Alfonso XIII. of Spain with Wilhelm I at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin . Otto von Bismarck valued him as a negotiating partner. From 1893 to 1900 he was the ambassador of Alfonso XIII. of Spain with Umberto I of Italy .

Awards

Publications

Un viaje a Fez. In: Revista de España , Tomo IX , 1869, Número 35, pág. 400-420.
Relacion del viaje a la ciutad de Marruecos que par disposicion de l'Excmo. Sr. P. Manuel Pando, Marques de Miraflores primer secretario de Estadu, verifico en el mesde Mayo de 1863. Madrid, imp. nacional, in 4 1864. tom II. p. 394.

Web links

Wikisource: extradition treaty between the German Empire and Spain. May 2, 1878. - Sources and full texts

Wikisource: Treaty between the German Empire and Spain, concerning some amendments to tariff A of the German-Spanish trade and shipping agreement of July 12, 1883. May 10, 1885. - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

↑ Moses H. Montefiore, Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore: comprising their life ..., Volume 2 p. 149
↑ BIBLIOTECA DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA GUIA ( PDF ( Memento of June 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ))
^ The New York Times , September 12, 1885, Admiral Topete, Under Secretary of the Marine, has resigned his office on account of the friendly terms embodied in the the Spanish reply to Germany respecting the Carolines affair. pdf
↑ Helge Granfelt, The Triple Alliance after Bismarck's fall : Volume 1, 1962, p. 237
^ Maximilien Antoine Cyprien Henri Poisson de La Martinière: Morocco, journeys in the kingdom of Fez and to the court of Mulai Hassan; with itineraries constructed by the author and a Bibliography of Morocco from 1844–1887 . Whittaker & Co. London, 1889 ( archive.org ).

predecessor	Office	successor
	Spanish ambassador to Morocco 1860–1871
Patricio de la Escosura Morrogh	Spanish ambassador to Germany 1875–1888	Juan Antonio Rascón Navarro Seña y Redondo
Juan Antonio Rascón Navarro Seña y Redondo	Spanish ambassador to Italy 1895–1900	Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano

personal data
SURNAME	Merry y Colom, Francisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beñomar, Francisco Merry y Colóm 1st Conde de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seville
DATE OF DEATH	4th January 1900
Place of death	Rome

[Montefiore-1] Moses H. Montefiore, Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore: comprising their life ..., Volume 2 p. 149

[rah-2] BIBLIOTECA DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA GUIA ( PDF ( Memento of June 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ))

[nyt19030208-3] The New York Times , September 12, 1885, Admiral Topete, Under Secretary of the Marine, has resigned his office on account of the friendly terms embodied in the the Spanish reply to Germany respecting the Carolines affair. pdf

[Granfelt-4] Helge Granfelt, The Triple Alliance after Bismarck's fall : Volume 1, 1962, p. 237

[5] Maximilien Antoine Cyprien Henri Poisson de La Martinière: Morocco, journeys in the kingdom of Fez and to the court of Mulai Hassan; with itineraries constructed by the author and a Bibliography of Morocco from 1844–1887 . Whittaker & Co. London, 1889 ( archive.org ).