Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea (28 January 1817 – 17 November 1874) was Prime Minister of Spain from 14 April to 19 September 1853 (succeeding Federico Roncali and preceding Luis Jose Sartorius) and Captain-General of Cuba from in 1866 (succeeding Domingo Dulce and preceding Joaquin del Manzano) and from 1867 to 1869 (succeeding Blas Villate and preceding Dulce). He was a member of the Moderate Party of Spain.
Biography[]
Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea was born in Valencia, Spain to a family of Basque origin, and he joined the Spanish Army in 1833. Lersundi served in the First Carlist War, and he became a Moderate Party of Spain member in 1840. His participation in an October 1841 uprising in Madrid forced him into exile in France, but he later returned and took part in the quelling of the Second Carlist War. He also took part in the crushing of 1848 uprisings in Portugal and the Papal States, and he served as President of the Council of Minister of Spain, Minister of State, and Minister of War concurrently from 14 April to 19 September 1853; he would also serve as Minister of War in 1856 and from 1863 to 1864, as well as Minister of the Navy from 1856 to 1857. He went on to serve as Captain-General of Spanish Cuba in 1866 and from 1867 to 1869, during which he fought against Cuban rebels at the start of the Ten Years' War. In 1868, he supported Isabella II of Spain during the Glorious Revolution, and he was sent into exile under the republican regime. He died in Bayonne, France in 1874.