- Joaquín Jovellar y Soler
Joaquín Jovellar y Soler (
28 December 1819 –17 April 1892 ) was a Spanish general.Jovellar was born in
Palma de Mallorca . After his studies at military academy he was appointed sub-lieutenant, went toCuba as captain in 1842. He returned to the War Office in 1851, was promoted major in 1853, and went toMorocco as private secretary to O'Donnell, who made him colonel in 1860, after Jovellar had been wounded at the battle of Wadel Ras.In 1863 Jovellar became a brigadier-general and the following year he was appointed under-secretary for war. Despite being severely wounded in fighting insurgents on the streets of
Madrid , he rose to the rank of general of division in 1866. Jovellar adhered to the revolution, and Amadeo made him a lieutenant-general in 1872. In the autumn of 1873, Castelar sent him to Cuba as governor-general which he served from November 1873–1874 and June 1876–October 1878. In 1874 Jovellar came back to the Peninsula, and afterwards and was in command of the Army of the Center against theCarlist s whenArsenio Martínez Campos went toSagunto to proclaim Alfonso XII. Alfonso XII made him a captain-general, president of the council, life-senator, and governor-general of thePhilippines (1883–1885). Jovellar died in Madrid on17 April 1892 .References
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