Count of Gálvez

Countship of Gálvez
Creation date28 May 1783
Created byCharles III
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderBernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Count of Gálvez
Present holderPedro María Alarcón de la Lastra y Romero, 9th Count of Gálvez

Count of Gálvez (Spanish: Conde de Gálvez) is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, granted in 1783 by King Charles III to Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, hero of the American Revolutionary War and later viceroy of New Spain, an office he succeeded his father in.

Lady Dorothy Elizabeth Mary Walpole, eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Orford, was married to the 5th Count of Gálvez.

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