Posted by Alan on 4/5/2008, 21:31:23, in reply to "Death of a Grandee and former PM"
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Was Calvo-Sotelo's marquessate for life only, or is it hereditary? My brief google search didn't turn up the answer, but it was brief.
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: Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish PM (1981-1982)
: has died today. It is the first PM since the
: restoration of the democracy that has died.
: His relation to royalty? He was a monarchist
: since his youth. And he was one of the
: bearers of Infante don Alfonso's coffin in
: Estoril in 1956.
: He was PM and the last one to talk about
: "His Majesty's Govt" and "His
: Majesty's Opposition", IIRC
: In 2002, he was created Marquis of the Ria
: de Ribadeo, with Grandeeship of Spain.
: Ribadeo is a small town in my Galicia, where
: he will be buried.
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:
: Swearing in a Spanish PM. The King and Queen
: in black, because of the recent death of
: Queen Frederika.
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: Present when the PoA delivered his first
: speech in Oviedo.
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