Juan Bautista Soler Martí
Juan Bautista Soler Martí (1879–1936) was a Spanish entrepreneur and politician. He is best known as one of key orange exporters from the Levante, Spain, Levantine coast in the interwar period; he was also one of key people behind development of the port of Burriana. He held many positions in local business and self-government, serving as mayor of Burriana in 1930–1931. Politically he headed the Carlism, Carlist organization in the Castellon (province), province of Castellón. Family and youth The names of Soler and Martí are fairly popular on the Levantine coast and both are supposed to be of French origin, recorded already respectively in the 12th and 13th century. However, there is nothing certain about distant ancestors of Juan Bautista. His great-grandfather José Soler Mallent originated from the town of Albuixech, few miles north of Valencia; he married Ramona Torrent Rois, yet there is no information on his occupation. At some point the couple moved to the Levantine ...
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