Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón,
born Martínez y Campos (Segovia, Spain, December 14, 1831 –
Zarauz, Spain, September 23, 1900), was a Spanish officer, who
rose against the First Spanish Republic in a military revolution
in 1874 and restored Spain's Bourbon dynasty. Later he became
Captain-General of Cuba. As soldier and politician, he took part
in the wars in Africa, Mexico, Cuba and the last Carlist war.
Martínez Campos received a military education and after 1852
served on Spain's general staff (Estado Mayor). Later on, he was
named professor in its academy. In 1860, he was sent to Africa,
and also took part in the Mexican 1861 campaign against urban
rebels under General Juan Prim, in a joint expedition along with
France and Britain. After the Revolution of 1868, Arsenio
Martínez Campos requested posting to Cuba, where he fought well
against the rebels in 1869 in the Ten Years' War, gaining the
rank of Brigadier General. Success in this war commonly was a
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