LT GENERAL FIELD MARSHAL MINISTER WAR SPAIN SENATOR EDUARDO ROMAN DOCUMENT 1853!

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Here’s an
1853
Document Issued by Spanish General
EDUARDO FERNÁNDEZ SAN ROMÁN Y RUIZ
(1818 - 1887)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL and FIELD MARSHAL IN SPAIN,
SENATOR FOR LIFE IN THE CORTES OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN IN 1853,
MINISTER OF WAR FOR SPAIN 1850s,
GENERAL DIRECTOR OF INFANTRY,
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MILITARY ENGINEERS
~&~
MARQUIS of SAN ROMAN IN 1879.
As a young Spanish military officer in 1835 he joined the Second Regiment of the Royal Guard, participating in Spain’s First Carlist Civil War. For his heroic actions,
under the command of the Comte de Clonard, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and won several decorations!
HERE'S A DOCUMENT WITH ROM
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N’S
SIGNATURE STAMP
AS UNDERSECRETARY/MINISTER OF WAR,
1p
., dated at Madrid,
May 5, 1853, Circular No. 18,
to Lieutenant General Felipe Rivero
Appointing him as Captain General of Aragón.
The document measures 6” x 8¼” and is in Very Fine condition (removed from a Spanish Army order book). Purchased from an estate in Barcelona, Spain in 2018.
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BIOGRAPHY OF GEN. EDUARDO FERNANDEZ SAN ROMAN
Eduardo Fernández San Román y Ruiz
, Marquis of San Román (Zaragoza on
October 13
,
1818 -
Madrid
, December 14
,
1887
) was a lieutenant general and
senator of the Kingdom
of Spain.
He entered as a cadet in the
Army
in 1829. In 1835 he joined the Second Regiment of the
Royal Guard
, participating in the
First Carlist War
, where he won several decorations.
After this he joined the General Staff, usually devoting himself to administrative tasks ascending by seniority: In 1844 he was colonel, promoted to brigadier in 1847, field marshal in 1853 and lieutenant general in 1866. Before he had been minister of war interim in the absence of its owner from July 7 to 17, 1854, finally being general director of Infantry in 1875.
In addition, within the Army he held the position of director of the military magazine, of which he was its founder, undersecretary in the Ministry of War, inspector of carabineros, captain general of several districts, president of the upper advisory board of war and director general of military engineers.
[When the
First Spanish Republic was
proclaimed, he emigrated to
France
and obtained the restoration of his positions with the
Restoration
.
He was appointed Senator for life in the Cortes of 1853. In 1879 he was granted the title of
Marquis of San Román
.
Knight Grand Cross of the Royals and distinguished orders of San Hermenegildo, Carlos III, Isabel the Catholic, Christ of Portugal and San Luis de Parma, bibliophile and collector, bequeathed in 1888 to the
Royal Academy of History
his important library, with works by a diverse subject, especially of a military nature.
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