Francisco de Ceballos y Vargas

Francisco de Ceballos y Vargas
Minister of War of Spain
In office December 21, 1875 – March 7, 1879
Monarch	Alfonso XII
Prime Minister	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded by	Joaquín Jovellar
Succeeded by	Arsenio Martínez Campos
Captain General of Catalonia
In office 1873–1874
Prime Minister	Emilio Castelar
Preceded by	Arsenio Martínez Campos
Succeeded by	Segundo de la Portilla Gutiérrez [ca]
Captain General of Cuba
In office July 11, 1872 – April 18, 1873
Prime Minister	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Preceded by	Blas Villate
Succeeded by	Cándido Pieltaín
Personal details
Born	(1814-10-09)October 9, 1814 Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain
Died	March 9, 1883(1883-03-09) (aged 68) Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Spain Spanish Republic
Branch	Spanish Army
Years of service	1833 — 1883
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	First Carlist War Hispano-Moroccan War Ten Years' War Cantonal Revolution

Francisco de Paula de Ceballos and Vargas^[1] was a Spanish Lieutenant General who acted as captain general in Catalonia and Cuba.^[2] He was also Senator for life as Senator, representing Santander Province.^[3]

Throughout his military career, he participated in the First Carlist War on the Liberal allegiance, the Hispano-Moroccan War with Leopoldo O'Donnell, the Uprising of the San Gil barracks [es], and the Spanish Glorious Revolution which began the Sexenio Democrático. He served the Spanish Monarchy in the reigns of Isabella II and Alfonso XII as well as the First Spanish Republic.

He was Minister of War during the government of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, under the reign of Alfonso XII. In addition, he was a member of the Conservative Party.