Francisco Dionisio Vives

Francisco Dionisio Vives combined a military career with diplomacy. He represented Spain in the United States during the final implementation of the Florida settlement and later governed Cuba as captain general. His administration in Cuba belonged to the restoration of absolutist rule under Ferdinand VII. 1, 2

Washington Appointments

  • Spain — Minister, 1820–1821

Sources

  1. Historia de la diplomacia española, Tomo XI

    United States sections; Barros in 1824; Calderón and the 1837 dismissal

  2. El absolutismo cubano — Francisco Dionisio Vives

    Brocar scholarly study; Vives’s Cuban government

  3. Spain — U.S. Chief of Protocol incoming representatives
  4. Repertorio diplomático español

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