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Joaquín María del Castillo y Lanzas (11 November 1801 – 6 July 1878) was a Mexican politician who served twice as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1846 and 1858–1859) and ten days as interim Secretary of Finance (1846) in the cabinet of Mariano Paredes.

As a diplomat, he also served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United Kingdom (1853–1855) and twice as chargé d'affaires of Mexico to the United States (1834–1836 and 1836–1837).

Aside from his political and diplomatic activities, Del Castillo wrote poetry, worked as a journalist and editor for several publications and translated the works of Lord Byron.

Biography

He was born on 11 November 1801. He served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United Kingdom from 1853 to 1855. He died on 6 July 1878

Works

• Poesías de Joaquín María de Castillo y Lanzas, nativo de Jalapa (1826)
• La victoria de Tamaulipas (1832)
• Discurso pronunciado en la Alameda de México el 16 de setiembre de 1863 por D. Joaquín de Castillo y Lanzas (1865)
• Memorias históricas de Napoleón (1882)

Notes and references

1. ^ Ludlow, Leonor, ed. (2002). Los secretarios de hacienda y sus proyectos, 1821–1933 (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 171. ISBN 978-970-32-0284-3. OCLC 51642023. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
2. ^ "Castillo y Lanzas, Joaquín María (1801–1878)". Guía de Memorias de Hacienda (1822–1910) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: El Colegio de México. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
3. ^ "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. "Joaquín María del Castillo y Lanzas". Glasgow, United Kingdom: The University of Glasgow Story. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
5. "Cancilleres del Siglo XIX" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
6. Fowler, Will (2012). Malcontents, Rebels, and Pronunciados: The Politics of Insurrection in Nineteenth-Century Mexico. Lincoln, Nebraska, USA: University of Nebraska Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-8032-4080-3. OCLC 792944828. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
7. Merry, Robert W. (2009). Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent. New York City, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-4391-6045-9. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
8. "Embajadores de México en el Reino Unido" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
9. Winks, Robin W. (1998). Frederick Billings: A Life. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-520-21497-2. OCLC 833097905. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
10. Moseley, Edward H.; Clark Jr., Paul C. (2009). The A to Z of the United States-Mexican War. Lanham, MD, USA: Scarecrow Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8108-7024-6. OCLC 435421465. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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