Juan López Pacheco, Duke of Escalona

Juan Pablo Francisco López Pacheco y Moscoso Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero, Grandee of Spain, Duke of Escalona and Lord of Garganta la Olla (Madrid, 22 March 1716 – Madrid 27 April 1751). Member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 10 June 1738, aged 22, becoming the 4th Director of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1746. was promoted to Grandee of Spain, 18 September 1750. Lieutenant General of the Spanish Royal Army, member of the Order of Santiago with several titles of Marquis and Count.

The Most Excellent Juan Pablo López Pacheco Duke of Escalona
Portrait at the Real Academia Española, 1758
Born	Juan Pablo Francisco López Pacheco y Moscoso Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero (1716-03-22)22 March 1716 Madrid, Spain
Died	27 April 1751(1751-04-27) (aged 35) Madrid, Spain
Seat Q of the Real Academia Española
In office 26 June 1738 – 27 April 1751
Preceded by	Mercurio López Pacheco
Succeeded by	Martín de Ulloa
Director of the Real Academia Española
In office 19 July 1746 – 27 April 1751
Preceded by	Andrés Fernández Pacheco
Succeeded by	José de Carvajal y Lancáster

He married on 10 November 1748, aged 36, with Maria Lopez Pacheco de Toledo y Portugal, (Madrid, 22 August 1729 - Madrid, 28 November 1768), 11th Countess of Oropesa, 10th Countess of Alcaudete and many other titles.

He was the son of a second marriage of Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco y Benavides.

Government offices
Preceded by Andrés Fernández Pacheco	Director of the Royal Spanish Academy 1746–1751	Succeeded by José de Carvajal y Lancáster
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Diego López Pacheco	Lord of Garganta la Olla 1732–1751	Succeeded by Felipe Pérez Pacheco
Preceded by Andrés Fernández Pacheco	Duke of Escalona 1746–1751	Succeeded by Felipe López-Pacheco de la Cueva