Person
Remón Zarco del Valle Huet, Antonio (1775-1866)
La Habana 1775-05-30 - Madrid (España) 1866-04-20
Military, political and diplomatic engineer. His father, Antonio Remón Zarco del Valle, was Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers and secretary of the Captaincy General of Cuba, and his mother, Luisa Huet, was the daughter of Lieutenant General of Engineers Luis Huet.
Already in Spain, he entered the Prince's Infantry regiment as a cadet, with which he was promoted to second lieutenant in the Portuguese campaign, 1801. He entered the Engineering Department on February 12, 1803, becoming a lieutenant in May 1804. During the War of Independence he was found in numerous encounters and battles and was promoted to colonel; but when Valencia surrendered, he was taken prisoner and taken to France, from where he returned in June 1814, returning to serve in the General Staff and in Engineers. Secretary of Castaños, Captain General of Catalonia, May 1815. Effective Colonel, May 30, 1816, assigned to the Superior Board of Engineers.
Acting Minister of War, March 20, 1820, until the arrival of Amarillas, with Remón remaining as undersecretary. Field Marshal, February 8, 1821, and Minister of Spain in Naples, a position that he did not occupy, when he was appointed political head of Catalonia. Member of the Supreme Assembly of the Order of San Fernando, 1822-1823. Captain General of Aragon, from January 29, 1822, to mid-January 1823. Deputy for Havana, 1823, he marched with the Government to Cádiz, being promoted to second chief of the troops commanded by General Zayas in Andalusia. When the constitutional regime fell, he was confined in Burgos and stripped of his promotion to field marshal. Returned to Madrid in 1825, he devoted himself to the study of scientific, military and literary subjects.
On October 6, 1833, he was returned to the job of field marshal, naming him Governor of Cartagena, but before joining, on November 15 he was appointed interim Minister of War, and in property, January 6 - November 2, 1834, and de Marina, interim, November 16, 1833 - January 15, 1834. He dedicated himself to organizing the repression of the Carlist party. Lieutenant General, July 10, 1836. Elective Senator for Malaga, he was sworn in on November 26, 1838. Secretary of the Matritense Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence. General Director of Engineers, 1844-1854; Senator for life, from 1845 being temporarily replaced in office in 1848-1849 when he was entrusted with an important mission abroad: that of achieving the recognition of Elizabeth II by the European powers, a mission crowned with success.
President of the Academy of Sciences. In May 1860 he received the insignia and necklace of the Golden Fleece. He was a member of various academies, including the Imperial Sciences of Saint Petersburg, the Military Sciences of Sweden, the Geological Society of France and the Geographical Society of Paris, among others. In addition to being president of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid, he was an individual of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Seville, as well as a numerary of the Royal Academy of History, the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
He died in Madrid on April 20, 1866.
Date of the event: 1820 - 1823
BLEIBERG, Germán (dir.): Diccionario de Historia de España. Vol. 3. Madrid, 1981, p. 1070.