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Juan O'Donnell

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The Duke of Tetuán
3rd Duke of Tetuán
3rd Count of Lucena
Personal details
Born
Juan O'Donnell y Vargas

1864 (1864)
Madrid, Spanish Empire
Died1928 (aged 81–82)
NationalitySpanish
SpouseDona Maria Diaz de Mendoza y Aguado
ParentDon Carlos Manuel O'Donnell y Álvarez de Abreu
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
RankColonel

Juan O'Donnell y Vargas, 3rd Duke of Tetuán (1864 – 1928) was an influential Spanish politician.

Biography

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O'Donnell was born in Madrid in 1864 and ascended to become the 3rd Duke of Tetuan, Grandee of Spain, 3rd Conde de Lucena, Cavalry Colonel, and the Director of the School of Military Riding. In 1896, he married Doña Maria Diaz de Mendoza y Aguado, hailing from the noble house of Lalain and Balazote, Marquises of Fontanar. He was the son of Carlos O'Donnell y Abréu, 2nd Duke of Tetuan. He served as Minister for War under Miguel Primo de Rivera from 1924 to 1928 until his death in office.[1]

In 1895, while serving as a lieutenant on the staff of general Martinez Campos, O'Donnell accompanied Winston Churchill and Reginald Barnes during their military visit to Cuba. In his memoirs, Churchill commented on Juan O'Donnell's excellent spoken English.[2]

In January 1922, O'Donnell served as the president of the "World Congress of the Irish Race" in Paris,This gathering brought together members of the global Irish diaspora to discuss strategies for supporting the economic development of an independent Ireland and its reconstruction in the aftermath of the Civil War.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Klepak, Hal (6 July 2015). Churchill Comes of Age: Cuba 1895. The History Press. ISBN 9780750965538 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Churchill, W., My Early Life: A Roving Commission (Reprint Society, 1944), p. 87.
  3. ^ Keogh, Dermot, "The Treaty Split and the Paris Irish Race Convention, 1922", in: Études irlandaises, no. 12-2 (1987), pp. 165–170.
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Duke of Tetuan
5 November 1867 – 9 February 1903
Succeeded by
Count of Lucena
5 November 1867 – 9 February 1903
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Maria del Mar Alvarez de Abreu y Rodriguez de Albuerne
Marquis of Altamira
? – 9 February 1903
Succeeded by