Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze

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(9 March 1830, in

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– 25 May 1892, in

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) was a Spanish politician, lawyer, writer and journalist who held several importante governmental offices, such as

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and Councillor of State. Silvela was son of the prominent lawyer Francisco Agustín Silvela y Blanco and wife Luisa de le Vielleuze y Sotés, and brother of the also politician Francisco Silvela.

Decorations and awards

He was awarded the Collar of the

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and the Grand Cross of the

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, Knight of the

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, Knight of the

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, Grand Cross of the

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, the Grand Cross of the

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, Knight of Honour of the

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and Order of St. Charles, among others.

Works

*''Sin Nombre'' (1868), Recopilación de artículos literarios. * ''Reseña analítica de las obras póstumas del memorable dramaturgo, reformador de nuestro teatro'' (1868) * ''Le Jury Criminel en Espagne'' (Montpellier, 1884) * ''Obras completas de Moratín, con notas y comentarios'' (Madrid, 1890) * ''El bautizo de un libro'' * ''El perfecto novelista'' * ''Un verano de Felipe V'' * ''Recuerdos de Extremadura'' * ''Revista cantábrica'' (1869) * ''Salir de Madrid'' (1851) * ''La Alcarria'' * ''Mañanas de La Granja'' * ''Revista del Escorial'' * ''Variaciones fáciles'' * ''Sobre el conocido tema "El amor y el matrimonio"'' * ''Un viaje por regiones desconocidas'' * ''De la influencia de las construcciones modernas en la literatura'' * ''De Madrid a Sevilla y Cádiz'' * ''Literatura infinitesimal'' * ''El abogado de pobres'' * ''Revista de La Granja'' * ''Cuatro capítulos de una novela inédita'' * ''Desde Madrid a Toledo'' (1854) * ''El castillo de <>'' * ''Una Dalia y un puntapié'' * ''La Opera y el Gobierno'' (1865) * ''Apuntes críticos acerca de las poesías de Baeza, y por incidencia de las condiciones literarias del siglo'' * ''El diccionario y la gastronomía'' * ''Miscelánea'' * ''La prensa ilustrada'' * ''Un ukase'' * ''Revista de la exposición de Bellas Artes'' (1868) * ''Juicio crítico de la Restauración en 1881'' * ''Los dineros del sacristán'' * ''Al amor de la lumbre'' * ''Negro y blanco'' (1851) * ''La via sacra'' * ''Recuerdos de Spa'' * ''Disertación acerca de la influencia ejercida en el idioma y en el teatro español por la escuela clásica que floreció desde los comienzos del S.XVIII'' * ''Un talego del Estado o el estado de un talego'' * ''Sobre el diccionario de la Real Academia Española'' * ''Fin de una polémica'' * ''Ultimas palabras sobre una polémica'' * ''En las aguas de Spa'' (1887) * ''¡Viva Galicia!''

References

Sources

Spanish Senate. Personal dossier of D. Manuel Silvela
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