Miguel Ricardo de Álava
Miguel Ricardo de Álava Esquível (born July 7, 1771 in Vitoria-Gasteiz , † July 14, 1843 in Barèges , France ) was a Spanish general and diplomat .
Life
He initially served in the navy, then in the army, joined the French in 1808 , but left the Joseph Napoleon cause after the Battle of Albuera in 1811 , switched to England , became Wellington's adjutant and distinguished himself in further battles against the French out. Wellington made him general after the Battle of Vitoria .
After the return of Ferdinand VII , he was imprisoned at the instigation of the camarilla because of liberal attitudes and only freed at the urging of Wellington and by bribing the courtiers on the part of the Basque cities. At the request of the Prince of Orange he was then the Spanish envoy in The Hague , but in 1819 he was recalled as a suspect.
In 1820 he joined the revolution and worked for the reestablishment of the constitution of 1812, fought against the royal guards in 1822 and negotiated with Angoulême in Cádiz in 1823 on behalf of the government . In 1822 he was elected member of parliament ( Congreso de los Diputados ) as a representative of Álava , and in May 1822 he was also President of the Congress of Deputies. He escaped Ferdinand's revenge by fleeing to Gibraltar and then to England.
There and in the Netherlands he lived with the support of his friends until he was called back by Queen Christina and made peer of the empire in 1834. Under the Martínez de la Rosa government , he was appointed envoy to London , but gave up this post in 1835 and devoted himself to parliamentary activities.
On September 14, 1835, he succeeded José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia as Prime Minister of Spain . However, he lost this office just eleven days later to the previous Minister of the Treasury ( Ministro de Hacienda ) Juan Álvarez Mendizábal .
After a new revolution forced the constitution of 1812 on the Spanish government, de Álava, contrary to his past, refused to accept it, left civil service and died in the baths of Barèges in 1843 .
literature
- Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freemaurerlexikon . 5th revised and expanded new edition. Herbig, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-7766-2478-6 .
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Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia |
Prime Minister of Spain 1835 |
Juan Álvarez Mendizábal |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Álava, Miguel Ricardo de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Álava Esquível, Miguel Ricardo de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish general and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1843 |
| Place of death | Barèges |