Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Benavides and the second or maternal family name is Fernández de Navarrete.

The Most Excellent Antonio de Benavides
Minister of State
In office 8 June 1865 – 21 June 1865
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Ramón María Narváez
Preceded by	Alejandro Llorente
Succeeded by	Lorenzo Arrazola (acting)
Seat C of the Real Academia Española
In office 24 November 1872 – 23 January 1884
Preceded by	Luis González Bravo
Succeeded by	Cristino Martos y Balbí
Personal details
Born	Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete (1807-06-20)20 June 1807 Baeza, Spain
Died	23 January 1884(1884-01-23) (aged 76) Madrid, Spain

Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete (20 June 1807, in Baeza, Spain – 23 January 1884, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish noble, historian and politician who served as Minister of State between 1864 and 1865, in the reign of Queen Isabella II of Spain.

Benavides was the eldest son of Manuel de Benavides y Rodríguez-Zambrano, Major of the Hermandad for the noble state in 1808, and his wife Francisca de Paula Fernández de Navarrete y Motilla. Among other honors, he was Knight of Santiago and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

Sources

• Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente de, Knights of the Order of Santiago in the 19th Century. Madrid, Hidalguía, 1992. (in Spanish)
• Antonio de Benavides. Geneall.net
• Personal dossier of D. Antonio de Benavide y Fernández de Navarrete. Spanish Senate