ARANDA, COUNT OF

ARANDA, COUNT OF
   an eminent Spanish statesman, banished the Jesuits, suppressed brigandage, and curtailed the power of the Inquisition, was Prime Minister of Charles IV., and was succeeded by Godoy (1719-1798).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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