José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas, 2nd Duke of San Carlos

Who was José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas, 2nd Duke of San Carlos?

José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas y Manrique de Lara, 2nd duke of San Carlos, 6th conde de Castillejo and 9th conde del Puerto, 10th "Correo Mayor de las Indias", was the son of Mariano Joaquín de Carvajal-Vargas y Brun, 8th conde del Puerto, and the grand son of Fermín Francisco de Carvajal-Vargas y Alarcón, born in Chile, 1st duke of San Carlos and Grandee of Spain, being a Secretary of State, some sort of Prime Minister of Spain under the Absolutist Restauration in the times of King Fernando VII of Spain,. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy from 1814 to 1828 and, three times Mayordomo mayor to the King.

He was Viceroy of Navarra during part of the tear 1807, and Spanish ambassador in Paris, London and Lisbonne, Knight of the Military Order of Alcantara and other knighthoods in France, Naples, Prussia Hungay, and Russia. In 1813 he drafted the Treaty of Valençay. He was also a Director of the problematic Banco de San Carlos, founded in 1782 by the French - Spanish financier Francisco Cabarrus, father of famous French Revolution woman Madame Tallien,.