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Person - Serna Santander, Fernando Antonio de la (1747-1824)

Serna Santander, Fernando Antonio de la (1747-1824)

Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Serna Santander, Fernando Antonio de la (1747-1824)Other forms

Fechas de existencia:

Colindres (Cantabria, España)  1747-05-26 - Madrid (España)  1824-10-14

History:

Spanish politician, diplomatic and aristocrat. He was IV Count of the Laguna de Términos and also carried out some jobs in the Spanish administration. In March 1801, he was designated Consul and Agent-general in Paris with honors Commissary General. In 1803, he was granted with the "Cruz Supernumeraria de la Real Orden de Carlos III con pensión sobre los fondos de la misma".

In 1808, he was President of the "Junta de Correos de Madrid". At the suggestion of the "Cortes Generales", Fernando de la Serna was designated the 20th October 1813 by the Council of Regency in order to manage the Secretary of state. He was also member of the Finance Council, State Counsellor and honorific academic of the "Real Academia de la Historia".

Places

Lugar de Nacimiento:

Colindres (Cantabria, España) in 1747-05-26

Lugar de Defunción:

Madrid (España) in 1824-10-14

Sources

Gil Novales, Alberto. Diccionario biográfico de España (1808-1833): de los orígenes del liberalismo a la reacción absolutista. Alberto Gil Novales. Madrid: Fundación Mapfre. 3 v. (3406 p.). 978-84-9844-236-6 (Vol. 1).

Urquijo y Goitia, José Ramón de. Gobiernos y ministros españoles (1808-2000). [Índice]. José Ramón Urquijo Goitia. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. 2001. 589 p.. 84-00-06302-3.

Related Authorities

Family relationships :

Serna, Mateo de la (¿-ca.1829)  - Collateral (Es hermano/a de)

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  • Archivo Histórico Nacional  (1)
  • Archivo General de Indias  (4)