JUAN FRANCISCO See also:

• JUAN FRANCISCO CAMACHO (1824-1896)

CAMACHO (1824-1896)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and financier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz in 1824 . The first See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life was devoted to See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile and See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial pursuits at Cadiz and then in See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, where he managed the affairs of and liquidated a mercantile and See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial society to the See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction and profit of the shareholders . In 1837 he became a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia, in 1852 Conservative See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy in the See also:

• CORTES
• CORTES, HERNAN

Cortes for See also:

• ALCOY

Alcoy, in 1853 secretary of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress, and was afterwards elected ten times deputy, twice senator and life senator in 1877 . See also:

• CAMACHO, JUAN FRANCISCO (1824-1896)

Camacho took a prominent part in all financial debates and committees, was offered a seat in the Mon See also:

• CABINET

cabinet of 1864, and was appointed under-secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state finances in 1866 under Canovas and O'Donnell . After the revolution of 1868 he declined the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• FINANCE

finance offered by See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal Serrano, but served in that capacity in 1872 and 1874 in See also:

• SAGASTA, PRAXEDES MATEO (1827—1903)

Sagasta's cabinets . When the restoration took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, Camacho sat in the Cortes among the dynastic Liberals with Sagasta as See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, and became finance minister in 1881 at a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical moment when See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain had to convert, reduce, and consolidate her See also:

• TREASURY

treasury and other debts with a view to resuming See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of coupons . Camacho See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up an excellent See also:

• BUDGET (originally from a Gallic word meaning sack, latinized as bulga, leather wallet or bag, thence in O. Fr. bougette, from which the Eng. form is derived)

budget and collected See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation with a decidedly unpopular vigour . A few years later Sagasta again made him finance minister under the regency of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina, but had to See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice him when public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion very clearly pronounced against his too See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical financial reforms and his severity in collection of taxes . He was for the same reasons unsuccessful as a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• TOBACCO

Tobacco See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

Monopoly See also:

• COMPANY

Company . He then seceded from the Liberals, and during the last years of his life he affected to See also:

• VOTE

vote with the Conservatives, who made him governor of the See also:

• BANK

Bank of Spain . He died in Madrid on the 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1896 . (A; E .