Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, 4th Count of Casa Miranda

The Count of Casa Miranda
Ambassador of Spain to France
In office
November 11, 1964 – April 6, 1966
Preceded byThe Count of Motrico
Succeeded byPedro Cortina Mauri
Ambassador of Spain to Belgium
In office
February 25, 1951 – November 11, 1964
Preceded byÁngel Ossorio y Gallardo
Succeeded byJosé Núñez Iglesias
Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
October 31, 1947 – April 1, 1951
Preceded byTomás Suñer Ferrer
Succeeded byEmilio de Navasqüés
Ambassador of Spain to Egypt
In office
May 10, 1941 – December 25, 1947
Preceded byGabriel Alomar Villalonga
(Ángel Sanz Briz as chargé d'affaires)
Succeeded byAlonso Caro y del Arroyo
Other diplomatic posts
Ambassador of Spain to the European Communities
In office
December 9, 1960 – November 11, 1964
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJosé Núñez Iglesias
Ambassador of Spain to Luxembourg
In office
March 7, 1951 – November 11, 1964
Preceded byÁngel Ossorio y Gallardo
Succeeded byJosé Núñez Iglesias
Personal details
Born(1895-11-20)November 20, 1895
Madrid, Spain
DiedApril 14, 1968(1968-04-14) (aged 72)
Madrid, Spain

Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, 4th Count of Casa Miranda (20 November 1895 – 14 April 1968) was a Spanish diplomat and aristocrat.

Biography

Miranda was born in Madrid in 1895.[1] He joined the diplomatic corps in 1915.[1] In 1935 he married María Teresa Elío y González de Amezúa, 4th Countess of Casa Real de la Moneda,[2] with whom he had a son, Carlos Alonso de Miranda y Elío, 5th Count of Casa Miranda.[3] In the 1920s he served as secretary of the Spanish legation in Stockholm and, in 1928, he was appointed chargé d'affaires in the Spanish legation in El Salvador.[4] In February 1929 he was assigned to the Legation in Montevideo[5] but, at the end of that month, he was posted to the Embassy in the Holy See.[6]

In 1933 he was promoted to third-class plenipotentiary minister and ordered to return to Spain, in order to serve in the Ministry of State.[7] At this point, he served as Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of State.[8] Before the Civil War, the Republican government appointed him as chargé d'affaires and consul general of Spain in Sofia,[9] but he was dismissed when he joined the rebel faction.[2] The rebel government kept him in Sofia. In January 1936 he had been awarded the Cross of Military Merit for his assistance to the Army in the revolution of 1934.[10]

In September 1940 he was appointed consul general in Tangier[11] and in May 1941 he was designated Ambassador of Spain to Egypt.[12] In 1943 he was promoted to second-class plenipotentiary minister and in 1947 he was appointed Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs (at that time, second-highest position after the minister).[13]

The Count arriving to the European Commission for the credentials ceremony. 1960

In 1950 he inherited the noble title of Count of Casa Miranda[14] and the following year he was appointed Ambassador of Spain to Belgium[15] and Luxembourg.[16] During his time in Brussels, he also represented Spanish interests before the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, acting as the first Ambassador of Spain to the European Communities (today known as Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union). He also served as member of the Cortes Españolas from 1947 to 1951.

In 1955 he was promoted to the category of Ambassador and, after 13 years serving in Brussels, he was appointed Ambassador of Spain to France,[17] a position he held until April 1966. During the "empty chair" conflict between France and the Hallstein Commission to increase the powers of the latter, the Count supported the French position and advised the Spanish government to get close to France and accused the Commission of "exceeding the scope of its functions and wanting to establish itself as a supranational authority with powers that only correspond to States".[18]

He died on 14 April 1968, at the age of 72.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Foreign Affairs (20 January 1949). "Undersecretariat.- Diplomatic Career Ladder, formed on 5 January 1949" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b Miranda y Elío, Carlos (2023). "Volver a levantarse: retrato autobiográfico de un diplomático español" [Getting Back Up: An autobiographical portrait of a Spanish diplomat] (PDF). Colección La Valija Diplomática (in Spanish) (67): 18 – via Editorial Cuadernos del Laberinto. My parents lived in El Cairo from approximately 1939 to 1946. My father, Carlos Miranda y Quartín, who later reinstated the title of Count of Casa Miranda, created in 1877 in favor of Joaquina Miranda, which I inherited from my father as the only son, was in charge of our Embassy in that country, after having spent the Civil War at the head of our Representation in Bulgaria. While in Sofia, our Civil War or uncivil war broke out, and after some hesitation, he decided to join Franco's rebels, forcing him to change his headquarters, as Bulgaria continued to recognize the Second Republic.
  3. ^ "Person - Miranda Quartín, Carlos de (1895-1968)". PARES (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  4. ^ Ministry of State (20 November 1928). "Royal Decree promoting Mr. Carlos de Miranda y Quartín to First Class Secretary and ordering that he continue in that category in the situation of dismissal and ordering that he be transferred to provide his services in that category to the Spanish Legation in El Salvador, as Chargé d'Affaires" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. ^ Ministry of State (1 February 1929). "Royal decree ordering that Mr. Carlos de Mirando y Quartín, First Class Secretary, appointed in San Salvador, continue his services at the Spanish Legation in Montevideo" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  6. ^ Office of the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs (20 February 1929). "Royal decree ordering that Mr. Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, First Class Secretary appointed at the Legation in Montevideo, will continue his services with that category at the Embassy near the Holy Father" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  7. ^ Ministry of State (25 January 1933). "Decree promoting Mr. Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, Secretary of the First Class in Rome (Holy See), to the rank of Third Class Plenipotentiary Minister, and ordering that he shall provide his services to this Ministry" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  8. ^ Ministry of State (29 January 1935). "Order setting the ceremony for the transfer of the body of His Excellency Joao Carlos de Mello Barreto, Portuguese Ambassador in Spain" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  9. ^ Ministry of State (24 July 1935). "Decree appointing Mr. Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Third Class in this Ministry, as Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General of Spain in Sofia" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  10. ^ Secretariat of War (17 January 1936). "Circular order granting the Cross of the Order of Military Merit, with white insignia, without pension, to civilian personnel listed in the published list" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  11. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (21 September 1940). "Decree appointing Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, Minister Plenipotentiary of Third Class, as Consul General of Spain in Tangier" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  12. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (10 May 1941). "Decree appointing Don Carlos de Miranda y Quartín as Extraordinary Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain to His Majesty the King of Egypt" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (5 October 1947). "Decree of 22 September 1947, appointing Carlos de Miranda y Quartin as Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  14. ^ Ministry of Justice (28 July 1950). "Order of 20 July 1950, ordering the issuance, without prejudice to a third party with better rights, of a Letter of Succession to the title of Count of Casa Miranda in favor of Don Carlos de Miranda y Quartín" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  15. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (25 May 1951). "Decree of 23 February 1951 appointing Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, Count of Casa Miranda, as Spanish Ambassador to Belgium" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  16. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (7 March 1951). "Decree of March 2, 1951, appointing Carlos de Miranda y Quartin, Count of Casa Miranda, Ambassador in Brussels, as Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister of Spain in Luxembourg" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  17. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (11 November 1964). "Decree 3518/1964, of October 29, appointing Carlos de Miranda y Quartín, Count of Casa Miranda, as Spanish Ambassador to Paris" (PDF). www.boe.es. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  18. ^ Fleites Marcos, Álvaro (2019). "La prensa española ante la crisis de la "silla vacía", 1965-1966" [The Spanish press and the “empty chair” crisis, 1965-1966.]. Revista Historia Autónoma (in Spanish) (14): 164–165. eISSN 2254-8726 – via Dialnet.
  19. ^ "ABC MADRID 16-04-1968 página 86 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
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