Juan García y Margallo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Margallo.
Picture of Juan García Margallo published in La Ilustración Española y Americana, October 22, 1893
Illustration of the death of García Margallo in Le Petit Journal, 13 November 1893.

Juan García y Margallo (12 July 1839 – 28 October 1893) was a Spanish governor of Melilla (1891–93) and general who was defeated and killed during the Rif War, which is also called the Margallo War after him.[1] He is the great-grandfather of Spanish diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel García-Margallo.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "La Ilustración ibérica". Biblioteca Nacional de España. 11 November 1893. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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