Ramón Auñón y Villalón

Admiral Ramón Auńón y Villalón (25 August 1844, Morón de la Frontera – 20 May 1925, Madrid)^[1] was a Spanish naval officer who served as the Minister of the Navy during the Spanish–American War, replacing Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo. He had joined the Armada at the age of 15 and fought in conflicts in Africa and Cuba, later commanding a battleship and gaining a reputation for being an efficient administrator. Upon becoming Minister of the navy, Auńon was forced to make a decision of whether or not Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete's squadron in Santiago de Cuba should sortie or not. He ultimately decided in favor, resulting in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Afterwards, he would serve as a member of the Congress of Deputies and as civil governor of the Province of Barcelona.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Sources

References

^ Real Academia de la Historia: Ramón Auñón Villalón (in Spanish) Retrieved 10 May 2020
^ Tucker (2009), pp. 34–35
^ Ramón Auñón y Villalón 1844--1925. Library of Congress. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ "Buscador histórico de diputados" (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies.

Books

Tucker, Spencer (2009). The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1851099511.