Patricio de la Escosura
Portrait (1854)
Born
Patricio de la Escosura Morrogh

(1807-09-05)5 September 1807
Madrid, Spain
Died22 January 1878(1878-01-22) (aged 70)
Madrid, Spain
Seat G of the Real Academia Española
In office
25 February 1847 – 22 January 1878
Preceded byVicente González Arnao
Succeeded byEmilio Alcalá-Galiano

Patricio de la Escosura Morrogh (5 September 1807–22 January 1878)[1] was a Spanish politician, journalist, playwright and author associated with the Romantic school.

Biography

Brother of the journalist and playwright Narciso de la Escosura and the engineer Luis de la Escosura y Morrogh, he was a first cousin of the magistrate and writer Francisco de la Escosura Hevia.[2] He was deputy for Palencia, Zaragoza, Oviedo and Cádiz (1846–1871), senator for Córdoba (1872–1873) and member of the Royal Spanish Academy.[3]
He was Minister of the Interior for 5 weeks in 1847 and for 6 months in 1856.
He was also Minister Plenipotentiary for Spain in Portugal (1855) and Germany (1872–1874).

References

  1. ↑ "Patricio de la Escosura". Real Academia Española.
  2. ↑ García, Matías Fernández (2004). Parroquias Madrileñas de San Martin Y San Pedro El Real (in Spanish). Caparrós editores. ISBN 978-84-87943-99-7.
  3. ↑ España, Senado de. "Senado de España: home". www.senado.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
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