Jaime del Burgo Torres
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| Born |
Jaime Percal Torres 1912 Pamplona, Spain |
| Died | 2005 Pamplona, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | public servant |
| Known for | Politician |
| Political party | Comunión Tradicionalista, FET |
Jaime del Burgo Torres (1912 – 2005) was a Spanish official, writer and a Carlist activist. He is noted mostly as a historian; his works focus on Navarre and the Carlist wars. As a public servant he is known as longtime head of Navarrese library network, regional Ministry of Information delegate and a governmental and self-governmental tourist official. As a Carlist he is acknowledged as moving spirit behind the Navarrese Requeté in the 1930s and as representative of the Carloctavista faction during early Francoism. He also wrote novels, poems and dramas.
There is next to nothing known about del Burgo’s paternal ancestors. Though some authors claim that already his grandfather contributed to the Carlist cause, no other account confirms this or clarifies his identity; the official del Burgo’s birth certificate refers to his paternal grandparents as "abuelos incognitos". None of the sources consulted offers much information on his father Eusebio (1887-1970). Even his exact surname remains unclear; some sources claim he was named Eusebio del Burgo Pascual while an official document certifies he was born Eusebio Percal and it only changed to Eusebio del Burgo Pascual in 1926. According to one author he originated from the Navarrese town of Villava, according to another he was born in Pamplona. Nothing is known about his profession; politically he sympathised with the Carlists and at the age of 45 took part in street brawls. He married a pamplonesa, Paula Torres Jacoiste (1887-1973). Living in Pamplona, the couple had three sons and four daughters, all brought up in Traditionalist ambience and fervently Catholic atmosphere, at times bordering exaltation.
Jaime Victoriano Martin was born as Percal y Torres and it is not clear in what circumstances the family changed their surname to del Burgo. Nothing is known about his early childhood; as a teenager he trained to become "" at unidentified school, possibly in Villava. He has never pursued a professional commercial career; during his adolescence years he was increasingly engaged in public activities, consuming more and more of his time. Del Burgo married Maria de las Mercedes Tajadura Goñi (1911-1999); her father, Federico Tajadura Arnaíz, was a military official. The couple had three children, Mercedes, Jaime Ignacio and Maria Antonia. Upon his death he left three children, thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. His son Jaime Ignacio del Burgo Tajadura was a conservative politician and the Prime Minister of Navarre (president of ) in 1979-1984. His grandson Ignacio del Burgo Azpíroz, otherwise a Pamplona lawyer, gained wider recognition as author of a historical novel. Another of his grandchildren, an entrepreneur Jaime del Burgo Azpíroz, married an older sister of Letizia Ortiz, becoming brother-in-law of Felipe de Borbón y Grecia and sort of gossip media celebrity.
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