Thomas Geraldino

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Detail of the mural Camarín de la Vírgen de las Angustias , from the chapel of the same name in Jerez de la Frontera, which is a portrait attributed to Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, the Spanish ambassador to London from 1735 to 1739.

Thomas Geraldino (* baptized on October 8, 1682 in Jerez de la Frontera ; † in mid-June 1755 there ) was Philip V's ambassador to George II from 1731 to 1739 .

Life

Thomas Geraldino was a diplomat, politician, and entrepreneur. His ancestors came from Ireland.

His parents Isabel de Vargas Croquer and Jorge Fitzgerald married in 1681. In 1703 he married Michelle Barreda Lopez. Their children were named Teresa, Francisco, Miguel José and Josefa. He was chairman of the Hijosdalgos de Jerez (the Cabildos of the Nobles), nominated by the orders of Santiago, Calatrava and Alcántara.

From 1732 he had power of attorney at the Asiento de Negros of the Spanish crown. and was Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Spanish Crown in London from 1735 to 1739. He was a member of the London- based Court of Directors of the South Sea Company . He later performed under the name Sir Thomas Fitzgerald . The Jerez liquor industry claims that he was the source of sherry sales during his tenure at the British court . In 1742 he was appointed to the Supremo Consejo de Indias .

He was buried in the capilla de Las Angustias in Jerez, which was under the patronage of another member of the Geraldino family.

literature

  • José Pablo Alzina: Embajadores de España en Londres. Una guía de retratos de la embajada de España. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-95265-19-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Restauración de las pinturas murales del camarín de la Vírgen de las Angustias, de VV.AA. (Ed. Servicio de Publicaciones del Ayuntamiento de Jerez de la Frontera. 2007)
  2. ↑ Lía de Luxan Hernández, Diplomatic Letters Concerning the Asiento contract: how diplomatic relations between England and Spain were established
  3. ↑ wikanda.cadizpedia.eu  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / wikanda.cadizpedia.eu  
predecessor Office successor
Cristóbal Gregorio VI. Portocarrero Osorio Villalpando y Guzmán Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1735–1739 		Ricardo Wall
personal data
SURNAME Geraldino, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fitzgerald Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish diplomat, Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom (1731–1739)
DATE OF BIRTH around October 8, 1682
PLACE OF BIRTH Jerez de la Frontera
DATE OF DEATH June 1755
Place of death Jerez de la Frontera