Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto y López de Ortega, 1st Marquis of Valmar (16 July 1815 – 12 January 1901) was a Spanish

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, writer, diplomat and politician. He was born in

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. He served as

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in 1857. He died in

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, aged 85.

References

Personal dossier of the Marquis of Valmar. Spanish Senate
, - Marquesses of Spain Foreign ministers of Spain Ambassadors of Spain to Austria Ambassadors of Spain to the United States Commanders of the Legion of Honour Members of the Royal Spanish Academy 1815 births 1901 deaths Moderate Party (Spain) politicians 19th-century Spanish politicians Writers from Cartagena, Spain {{Spain-noble-stub