Francisco Fernández de Béthencourt (27 July 1850 – 2 April 1916), was a Spanish writer, politician and genealogist. He was a member of parliament for Santa Cruz de Tenerife and later a senator at the Cortes on behalf of the conservative party.[1][2]
Francisco Fernández de Béthencourt | |
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 Pictured in the early 1900s | |
| Born | 27 July 1850 Arrecife, Spain |
| Died | 2 April 1916 (aged 65) Madrid, Spain |
| Seat K of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 10 May 1914 – 2 April 1916 | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Mellado |
| Succeeded by | Juan Armada y Losada |
He was born at Arrecife, in the Canary Islands, to Francisco-Ramón Fernández-Martínez y Delgado and María de la Concepción de Bethencourt y Mújica.
In 1914, he was admitted into the Royal Spanish Academy. He died 2 years later, 2 April 1916 in Madrid.[3]