Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó ( Jacobo María del Pilar Carlos Manuel Fitz-James Stuart Falcó Portocarrero y Osorio ; born October 17, 1878 in Madrid , † September 24, 1953 in Lausanne ) was a Spanish aristocrat , politician and ambassador of Francoist Spain in the UK .
Life
His mother was María del Rosario Falcó y Osorio, his father was Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero. His brother was Hernando Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, Duque de Peñaranda de Duero. (November 3, 1882 - November 7, 1936). His most common titles were 17th Duke of Alba , 9th Duque de Berwick, 15th Conde de Casarrubios del Monte, 16th Duque de Peñaranda de Duero and 21st Conde de Lemos. He was often called "Jimmy Alba".
In 1909, Fitz-James had Juan Bautista Lázaro (1849-1919) set up a pantheon in the chapel of the monastery of Loeches for his ancestors.
He was enrolled at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Real Academia de la Española and was elected director of the Real Academia de la Historia in 1927. He held this office, each elected for a term of three years, until September 24, 1953.
As members of the Spanish polo team at the 1920 Olympic Games , Fitz-James and his brother Hernando won the silver medal.
On October 7, 1920, Fitz-James married María Del Rosario de Silva Fernández de Ixar Portugal y Guterbey, 9th Marquesa de San Vicente del Barco, daughter of the Duques de Aliaga and heiress of the Casa de Híjar house in Teruel. On March 28, 1926, their daughter Cayetana de Alba , the 18th Alba, was born in the Palacio de Liria in Madrid . On April 20, 1956, she also inherited part of the 65 basic and nobility titles from her father.
In 1926 Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó was accepted into the Knightly Order of the Golden Fleece .
Political activity
In the regime of Miguel Primo de Rivera , Fitz-James was foreign minister from January 30, 1930 to February 18, 1931, in the regime of Dámaso Berenguer Fusté he was first education and later government minister from 1931 to 1932.
On November 21, 1937, Francisco Franco appointed him ambassador for the Spanish putschists in London. His title as Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed gave him access to the British aristocracy.
On February 27, 1939, one day after the fall of Barcelona to the coup plotters, the government of Neville Chamberlain recognized the coup plotters as the government of Spain. Juan Negrín resigned as Defense Minister on February 24, 1939 and went into exile in London. In early August 1940, Fitz-James personally brought Franco's demand for Negrín to be expelled from Great Britain to British Foreign Secretary Wood . Juan Negrín sought legal advice from Pablo de Azcárate y Flórez , who ran a law firm in London under the name Jaime Benjamin Viliesid . Fitz-James had one of Jaime Benjamin Viliesid's employees investigate the firm, steal documents and hired former Scotland Yard Detective F. Rice to monitor Negrín.
On March 19, 1945, Spanish aristocrats elected Don Juan de Borbón as King of Spain. Eugenio Vegas Latapie wrote the Manifiesto de Lausana with Julio López Oliván . All supporters of the monarchy were called upon to resign from their offices under the Franco dictatorship. The 17th Duke of Alba responded to this call and was no longer available as an ambassador.
Web links
- Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Newspaper article about Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2012 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.
- ↑ Spain Polo at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games (accessed September 25, 2009)
- ↑ Time , Oct. 05, 1953, Milestones, Oct. 5, 1953
- ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 111, de 20/04/1956, Orden de 5 de April de 1956 por la que se dispone se cumpla en sus propios términos la sentencia dictada por la Sala Tercera del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia en al pleito número 4.295 promovido por don Jacobo Fitz- James Stuart y Falcó contra acuerdo del Tribunal Económico-administrativo Central, de 18 de abril de 1952. (PDF; 186 kB)
- ^ Richard Langhorne, Diplomacy and Intelligence During the Second World War: Essays in Honor of FH Hinsley Cambridge, 1985
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Julio López Oliván |
Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1937–1945 |
Domingo de las Bárcenas y Lopez-Mollinedo Mercado |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, Jacobo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 17. Duque de Alba |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1953 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |