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CONCHA, Don MANUEL DE LA, Marquis of 

 Douro and the Havana, a Spanish general and 

 statesman, born at Madrid in 1794 ; died from 

 wounds received in battle before Estella, at 

 Murtcmuro, Jane 28, 1874. He first saw ser- 

 vice in the War of Independence tinder Napo- 

 leon I., and in 1816 sailed for the Spanish South 

 American colonies, which were then in revolt, 

 and in that troublesome and difficult conflict 

 distinguished himself as a skillful soldier under 

 Espnrtero. Returning to Spain in 1824, he en- 

 gaged in the Carlist War on the side of Queen 

 Maria Christina. He was successively commis- 

 sioned brigadier and major-general in the cam- 

 paign, and at its close was elected a deputy to 

 the Cortes from the city of Cadiz. In the 

 Cortes he was at first a supporter of Espartero, 

 but after his defeat he advocated the adminis- 



tration of Narvaez. In June, 1843, he was 

 made commandant of Valencia and Mnrcia, 

 and, by his rapid movements, compelled the 

 insurgents of Saragossa to capitulate, and oc- 

 cupied Barcelona in the name of the Queen. 

 In February, 1844, he suppressed a new insur- 

 rection at Cartagena so promptly and wisely 

 that he was appointed Captain- General of 

 Catalonia. He put down the Carlists with a 

 strong hand, and proclaimed both Don Carlos 

 and the Prince of the Asturias traitors and 

 outlaws. In 1847, on the occasion of the dif- 

 ferences with Portugal, he proceeded to the 

 frontier with 6,000 picked troops and occup\pd 

 Oporto. The same year he accompanied Queen 

 Maria Christina to Paris, and, returning to Mad- 

 rid, took his seat in the Cortes among the 

 ultra-Conservatives. In 1849 he went to Italy 



