Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano

Who was Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano?

Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano was a Spanish nobleman and politician who served as Minister of State between 1853 and 1854. He was a correspondent of William H. Prescott, the eminent American historian, and was married firstly to Isabel Ana de Vera y Sotosánchez and later to Frances Inglis, who wrote a successful book concerning their life in Mexico when de la Barca was stationed there as an envoy. His second wife was granted the Marquisate of Calderón de la Barca in 1876.