José Joaquín Agulló Sánchez de Belmont y Ripalda (1810–1878) was a Spanish nobleman, who held the titles of VI Conde de Ripalda, IV Marqués de Campo Salinas and Barón de Tamarit.[1] He was the founder of the Spanish Red Cross, and Senator for life between 1864 and 1868.[2]

Biography

José Agulló was born in Valencia, the son of José de Agulló and Josefa Sánchez Bellmont, belonging to a distinguished Valencian family of Catalan and Navarrese roots.[3] He was married to María Josefa Paulín y de la Peña, daughter of Roque de Paulin Quijano and María de la Peña Sánchez. They had three daughters, Dolores de Agulló y Paulín, (Countess of Ripalda), María de Agulló y Paulín and Isabel de Agulló y Paulín.[4]

In 1860 José Joaquín Agulló, moves to England, to attend as official representative of Spain, in the International Statistical Institute held in London.[5] In 1865 Agulló was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.[6] He also was the co-founder of the Spanish Red Cross, and presided over the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia.[7]

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