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The Most ExcellentThe Marquess of Nervión
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 15 October 1857 – 14 January 1858
Monarch	Isabella II
Preceded by	Ramon Maria Narvaez
Succeeded by	Francisco Javier Isturiz
Minister of Governance of Spain
Interim
In office 15 October – 25 October 1857
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Ramón María Narváez
Preceded by	Cándido Nocedal
Succeeded by	Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez
Minister of War of Spain
Interim
In office 5 April – 12 April 1846
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Francisco Javier de Istúriz
Preceded by	Ramón María Narváez
Succeeded by	José Laureano Sanz
In office 15 October 1857 – 14 January 1858
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Francisco de Paula Figueras
Succeeded by	Fermín de Ezpeleta
Minister of the Navy, Commerce and Overseas Governance of Spain
In office 18 July – 11 September 1840
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Evaristo Pérez de Castro Antonio González Valentín Ferraz Modesto Cortázar (as interim)
Preceded by	Juan de Dios Sotelo Machín
Succeeded by	Dionosio Capaz Rendón
In office 3 May 1844 – 12 February 1846
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Ramón María Narváez
Preceded by	José Filiberto Portillo
Succeeded by	Juan Bautista Topete y Viaña
In office 5 April 1846 – 28 April 1847
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Francisco Javier de Istúriz
Preceded by	Jorge Pérez Lasso de la Vega
Succeeded by	José Baldasano (as minister of the Navy and Overseas Governance)
Minister of the Navy of Spain
In office 2 June 1851 – 3 May 1852
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Juan Bravo Murillo
Preceded by	José María Bustillo Barreda
Succeeded by	Casimiro Vigodet Guernica
In office 16 September 1864 – 21 June 1865
Monarch	Isabella II
Prime Minister	Ramón María Narváez
Preceded by	José Pareja Septién
Succeeded by	Juan Zavala de la Puente
Personal details
Born	Francisco Armero y Fernández de Peñaranda
Nationality	Spanish

Francisco Armero y Fernández de Peñaranda (3 May 1804, in Fuentes de Andalucía – 1 July 1866, in Seville), Marquess of Nervión and Grandee of Spain was a Spanish Captain general of the Navy and politician.

Life

He entered the Navy aged 16 and fought in the Battle of Trocadero (1823), Peruvian War of Independence (1824) and First Carlist War (1834–1840).

In 1840, he became for the first time Minister of the Navy, Commerce and Colonies under Prime Ministers Antonio González González, Valentín Ferraz y Barrau and Modesto Cortázar until 11 September 1840. Four years later, he became again Minister of the Navy, Commerce and Colonies in the Ramón María Narváez cabinet between 3 May 1844 and 12 February 1846, and again between 5 April 1846 and 28 January 1847 in the Francesco Xavier de Isturiz cabinet. He also held the post of Minister of War for a few days in April 1846.
He became for a fourth time Minister of the Navy between 2 June 1851 and 3 May 1852 under Juan Bravo Murillo.

Finally, he became Prime Minister himself on 15 October 1857. His cabinet held out until 14 January 1858, in which he also held the posts of Minister of the Interior and Minister of War.

On 22 February 1862 he received the title of Marqués de Nervión, and on 13 February 13, 1856 Captain general of the Navy. But before that, he had served a fifth term as Minister of the Navy between 16 September 1864 and 21 Juny 1865 under Ramón María Narváez.

Sources

• Biography (Spanish)
• "Don Francisco Armero", in: El Museo Universal, S. 251–252 (PDF; 792 kB)
• Cabinets under Isabella II. (1833–1843 - Les Regències)
• Cabinets under Isabella II. (1843–1856 - Década Moderada)
• Cabinets under Isabella II. (1856–1868 - La Unión Liberal)

• Prime ministers of Spain
• 1804 births
• 1866 deaths
• Moderate Party (Spain) politicians
• Captain generals of the Navy
• Spanish naval officers