Guillermo de Osma
Guillermo de Osma | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 25 January 1907 – 23 February 1908 | |
| Monarch | Alfonso XIII |
| Prime Minister | Antonio Maura |
| Preceded by | Juan Navarro Reverter |
| Succeeded by | Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo |
| In office 5 December 1903 – 16 December 1904 | |
| Monarch | Alfonso XIII |
| Prime Minister | Antonio Maura |
| Preceded by | Augusto González Besada |
| Succeeded by | Tomás Castellano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Guillermo Joaquín de Osma y Scull 24 January 1853 Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba |
| Died | 1922 (aged 68–69) |
| Occupation | Diplomat, politician and art patron |
| Known for | Founding the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan and endowing the De Osma Studentship at the University of Oxford |
Guillermo Joaquín de Osma y Scull (24 January 1853 – 1922) was a Spanish diplomat, politician and art patron. Born in Cuba and educated at the Sorbonne and the University of Oxford, he served twice as Spain's Minister of Finance and as president of the Council of State. He was the first president of the Board of Trustees of the Alhambra, a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
A prominent Hispanist and patron of scholarship, he founded with his wife Adelaida Crooke y Guzmán, the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan in Madrid and endowed the De Osma Studentship at the University of Oxford, where he had been the first Spaniard to study following the Universities Tests Act 1871.