Juan García y Margallo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Margallo.

Juan García y Margallo (12 July 1839 – 28 October 1893) was a Spanish governor of Melilla (1891–93) and general who was defeated and killed during the Rif War, which is also called the Margallo War after him. He is the great-grandfather of Spanish diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel García-Margallo.

Picture of Juan García Margallo published in La Ilustración Española y Americana, October 22, 1893

Illustration of the death of García Margallo in Le Petit Journal, 13 November 1893.

External links

• Rif War 1893-1894
• Wars of the World - The Rif War 1893
• (in Spanish) Las Guerras de Marruecos