Francisco de Ceballos y Vargas
Francisco de Ceballos y Vargas | |
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| Minister of War of Spain | |
| In office December 21, 1875 – March 7, 1879 | |
| Monarch | Alfonso XII |
| Prime Minister | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Preceded by | Joaquín Jovellar |
| Succeeded by | Arsenio Martínez Campos |
| Captain General of Valencia | |
| In office December 5, 1873 – January 19, 1874 | |
| President of the Executive Power | Emilio Castelar Francisco Serrano |
| Minister of War | José Sánchez Bregua Juan Zavala y de la Puente |
| Preceded by | Arsenio Martínez Campos |
| Succeeded by | Segundo de la Portilla Gutiérrez |
| Captain General of Cuba | |
| In office July 11, 1872 – April 18, 1873 | |
| Monarch | Amadeo I |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla |
| President of the Executive Power | Estanislao Figueras |
| Minister of Overseas | Eduardo Gasset y Artime Tomás Mosquera Nicolás Salmerón José Cristóbal Sorní y Grau |
| Preceded by | Blas Villate |
| Succeeded by | Cándido Pieltaín |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 9, 1814 Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain |
| Died | March 9, 1883 (aged 68) Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Spain Spanish Republic |
| Branch | Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 1833 — 1883 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | First Carlist War Hispano-Moroccan War Ten Years' War Cantonal Revolution |
Francisco de Paula de Ceballos and Vargas was a Spanish Lieutenant General who acted as captain general in Catalonia and Cuba. He was also Senator for life as Senator, representing Santander Province.
Throughout his military career, he participated in the First Carlist War on the Liberal allegiance, the Hispano-Moroccan War with Leopoldo O'Donnell, the Uprising of the San Gil barracks, and the Spanish Glorious Revolution which began the Sexenio Democrático. He served the Spanish Monarchy in the reigns of Isabella II and Alfonso XII as well as the First Spanish Republic.
He was Minister of War during the government of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, under the reign of Alfonso XII. In addition, he was a member of the Conservative Party.