- Jerónimo Grimaldi
Pablo Jerónimo Grimaldi y Pallavicini, marqués y duque de Grimaldi (
Genoa , ca.1720 -October 30 ,1789 ) was an Italian-Spanish diplomat and politician.In the service of Spanish Kings Ferdinand VI and Charles III, Grimaldi was minister plenipotenciary in
Sweden andParma , and ambassador to the States-General of the United Provinces. Charles III named him ambassador toParis , where together with French Secretary of StateÉtienne François, duc de Choiseul he negotiated the third Family Compact between France and Spain. This provoked the entry of Spain into the war with Britain. He also signed the Peace of Paris in 1763.In September 1763, after the dismissal of
Ricardo Wall he was named Spanish Minister of State, a position he held until 1776. He was a reformer, a member of the group known as "golillas". Together with theLeopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache he helped suppress the 1766 riots provoked by Esquilache's reforms. (His house was sacked during the rioting.) He was a member of the "junta" that voted for the suppression of theJesuit s in 1767.In
1776 , after various conflicts, particularly the defeat of the 1775 expedition toAlgiers , he was removed from office and made ambassador inRome . He was madegrandee of Spain and decorated with theOrder of the Golden Fleece . He was also granted the title of "duque de Grimaldi" for his services to the Spanish Crown. The succesor in his government positions was also a "golilla", namely,José Moñino y Redondo ,Count of Floridablanca , (Murcia , Spain, October 21, 1728 -Seville , Spain, December 30, 1808).References
*This article is largely a translation of the Spanish Wikipedia article, accessed
November 24 ,2006 .External links
*es icon [http://www.lluisvives.com/servlet/SirveObras/vlr/12259415319033728543213/p0000010.htm "Vida de Carlos III", by Fernán-Núñez] , in the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
*es icon [http://mx.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761585612/Jer%C3%B3nimo_Grimaldi_duque_de_Grimaldi.html A short biography at Encarta]
*es icon [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/g/grimaldi_jeronimo.htm Brief biography]
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