José Presas y Marull (?-1842) was a Spanish attorney, writer, politician, diplomat and historian of Catalan origin.[1] He served as private secretary of Carlota Joaquina of Spain.[2]
José Presas y Marull | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catalonia, Spain |
| Died | 1832 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Law |
Biography
editJosé Presas was born Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Province of Girona), son of Jerónimo Roselló y Presas and Margarita Morull.[3] He settled in Buenos Aires near the year 1790, being a student of the College of San Carlos and probably got his doctorate in law at University of Saint Francis Xavier.[4] José Presas was nephew of Francisco Marull, owner of the Botica del Colegio, a pharmacy located in front of the Church of San Ignacio.[5]
In 1805, José Presas was arrested and then released, accused of wanting to destabilize the government of the viceroy Sobremonte.[6] He supported the British during the invasions in the Río de la Plata, taking refuge in 1808 in Rio de Janeiro, where he was appointed secretary of the Infanta Carlota, daughter of Charles IV of Spain.[7]
José Presas y Marull had maintained cordial relations with the American and English community, established in the Buenos Aires colonial. In 1804, he was godson of John Cook (born in Boston), baptized in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires on 8 November of the same year.[8]
References
edit- ^ Historia de la nación argentina: (desde los orígenes hasta la organización definitiva en 1862), Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina), Ricardo Levene, 1939
- ^ Qué fue el carlotismo, Roberto Etchepareborda, 1972
- ^ José Presas y Morul, Archivo General de Indias
- ^ Memorias secretas de la Princesa del Brasil, José Presas, 1947
- ^ Fuga Del General Beresford, 1807, Enrique Williams Álzaga, 1965
- ^ Historia, Issues 25–33, Argentina, 1963
- ^ Historia de las ideas políticas en la Argentina, Volumen 2, Enrique de Gandía, 1962
- ^ Bautismos 1801–1811, Iglesia Nuestra Señora de La Merced