Sabino Fernández Campo, 1st Count of Latores

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Campo.
The Most Excellent
Sabino Fernández Campo
1st Count of Latores GE
Bronze statue of Fernández Campo on the Paseo de los Alamos in the park Campo de San Francisco (Oviedo)
Personal details
Born(1918-03-17)17 March 1918
Oviedo, Spain
Died26 October 2009(2009-10-26) (aged 91)
Madrid, Spain

Sabino Fernández Campo, 1st Count of Latores (17 March 1918, Oviedo – 26 October 2009, Madrid) was Head of the Royal Household of Spain under Juan Carlos I, from 1990 to 1993, and a key figure during the failed 23-F coup d'état in 1981.

In the Spanish Civil War he fought in a militia of the Falangists against the Republicans. In 1959 he was appointed as military secretary under dictator Francisco Franco.

On 30 April 1992 Fernández was raised into the Spanish nobility by Royal Decree of King Juan Carlos I, that created him Count of Latores, together with the dignity Grandee of Spain. After his death in 2009, his daughter María Elena Fernández inherited the titles.

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