Francisco Martinez De La Rosa, a Spanish statesman, born in Granada, March 10, 1789, died Feb. 7, 1862. He became professor of moral philosophy at Granada when only 19 years old. He took an active part in the Spanish war of independence, was sent to ask arms and munitions of war from the governor of Gibraltar, and went on a similar mission to England, where he studied the institutions of constitutional government. He was imprisoned on account of his liberal opinions from 1814 till 1820, when the revolution set him at liberty, and he was for a time at the head of the cabinet. After the subversion of the constitution by French interference (1823), he spent several years in Paris, engaged in literary pursuits. He was made prime minister by Maria Christina in 1834, and promulgated the. estatuto real, or new constitution; but the revolt of the Basque provinces led him to resign. During Espartero's regency he was ambassador in Paris and Rome, subsequently a member of Nar-vaez's cabinet, and from 1847 to 1851 again ambassador in Paris. After his return to Madrid he was twice chosen president of the senate, and in 1858 appointed president of the council of state.

He was the author of many dramas, of which the best known is La conjuration de Venecia; Isaoel de Solis, a novel; a collection of Poesias; and a review of the French revolution, entitled Esjnritu del sigh (10 vols.. 1835-'51).

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