Francisco Fernández de Béthencourt
Spanish politician (1850–1916) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Fernández de Béthencourt (27 July 1850 – 2 April 1916), was a Spanish writer, politician and genealogist. He was a member of parliament for Santa Cruz de Tenerife and later a senator at the Cortes on behalf of the conservative party.[1][2]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is de Béthencourt.
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Francisco Fernández de Béthencourt | |
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Born | (1850-07-27)27 July 1850 Arrecife, Spain |
Died | 2 April 1916(1916-04-02) (aged 65) Madrid, Spain |
Seat K of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 10 May 1914 – 2 April 1916 | |
Preceded by | Andrés Mellado [es] |
Succeeded by | Juan Armada y Losada |
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He was born at Arrecife, in the Canary Islands, to Francisco-Ramón Fernández-Martínez y Delgado and María de la Concepción de Bethencourt y Mújica.
In 1914, he was admitted into the Royal Spanish Academy. He died 2 years later, 2 April 1916 in Madrid.[3]