Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard

Don Serafín María de Sotto y Abbach, 3rd Count of Clonard and 5th Marquis of la Granada (12 October 1793, in Barcelona, Spain – 23 February 1862, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish noble, politician, writer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Spain for one day in October 1849. Elder son of Raimundo de Sotto, 2nd Count of Clonard and Ramona Abbach, 4th Marquise of la Granada, he was of Irish patrilineal descent, a descendant of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley. In Spain, the family name had been Hispanicized as Sotto.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sotto and the second or maternal family name is Abbach.

The Most Excellent The Count of Clonard
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 19 October – 20 October 1849
Monarch	Isabella II
Preceded by	Ramon Maria Narvaez
Succeeded by	Juan Bravo Murillo
Minister of War of Spain
In office 14 April – 19 July 1840
Monarch	Isabella II
Regent	Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
Prime Minister	Evaristo Pérez de Castro
Preceded by	Fernando de Norzaragay (as acting)
Succeeded by	Valentín Ferraz
In office 19 October – 20 October 1849
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Hismelf
Preceded by	Francisco de Paula y Figueras
Succeeded by	Francisco de Paula y Figueras
Personal details
Born	Serafín María de Sotto y Abbach
Nationality	Spanish

Works

• Memoria para la Historia de las tropas de la Casa Real de España (1824).
• Memoria histórica de las academias militares de España (1847).
• Historia orgánica de las armas de Infantería y Caballería españolas (1851–1859).
• Álbum de la Infantería española (1861).
• Álbum de la Caballería española (1861).

References

• Catalan Encyclopedia. Serafín de Sotto.
• The 3rd Count of Clonard at the House of Sutton's official site.
• Personal dossier of the Count of Clonard. Spanish Senate.

Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of Valencia	Prime Minister of Spain 19 October 1849 – 20 October 1849	Succeeded by The Duke of Valencia
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Raimundo de Sotto	Count of Clonard 27 March 1823 – 23 February 1862	Succeeded by Raimundo de Sotto
Italian nobility
Preceded by Ramona Abbach	Marquis of la Granada 11 May 1831 – 23 February 1862	Succeeded by Raimundo de Sotto