Manuel María de Zamacona y Murphy

Manuel María de Zamacona
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)
In office
13 July 1861  26 November 1861[1]
President Benito Juárez[2]
Preceded by León Guzmán[2]
Succeeded by Manuel Doblado
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States]
In office
2 May 1878  3 March 1882[3]
Preceded by José Tomás de Cuéllar[3]
Succeeded by Matías Romero[3]
President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
In office
1898–1898
Personal details
Born 13 September 1826
Puebla, Puebla[2]
Died 29 May 1904 (aged 77)
Mexico City
Nationality Mexican
Spouse(s) Joaquina Inclán[4]
Children Amelia, Elena María and Manuel María de Zamacona e Inclán[4]
Parents Camilo María de Zamacona Fernández, lawyer of the Royal Audience, and María Micaela Murphy García de Ruesca[4]
Education Carolinian College (Puebla) and Seminary of Puebla
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is de Zamacona and the second or maternal family name is Murphy.

Manuel María Eutimio de Zamacona y Murphy (13 September 1826 – 29 May 1904) was a Mexican politician who served as minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Benito Juárez (1861),[5][1] negotiated diplomatic recognition to the administration of President Porfirio Díaz from the government of the United States (1878)[6][3] and presided over the Supreme Court of Justice.[2][7]

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Manuel María de Zamacona". Los cancilleres de México a través de su historia: Siglo XIX (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ponce Alcocer, María Eugenia (2000). La eleccíon de Manuel González, 1878-1880: preludio de un presidencialismo (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Iberoamericana. pp. 134–138. ISBN 978-968-859-403-2. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sanchiz Ruiz, Javier E. "Manuel María Eutimio Zamacona y Morphy". Geneanet. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. Peña y Reyes, Antonio de la (1928). La labor diplomatica de D. Manuel Maria de Zamacona, como secretario de Relaciones Exteriores (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. pp. vii–xxv. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. Lajous, Roberta (31 October 2012). Historia mínima de las relaciones exteriores de México, 1821-2000 (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: El Colegio de Mexico. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-607-462-621-6. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  7. Gutiérrez Nájera, Manuel (1959). Periodismo y literatura, artículos, ensayos (1877-1894) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 475. ISBN 978-968-36-9542-0. Retrieved 8 November 2014.