Arguelles

Arguelles, AUGUSTINO, born in Asturias in 1776, gained a high reputation for patriotism and eloquence in the cortes (1812-14). Arrested at the restoration, he suffered ten years' captivity till the revolution of 1820. He was made Minister of the Interior, but on the fall of the constitution (1823) he fled to England, where he remained till the amnesty of 1832. Afterwards he was vice-president and president of the Chamber of Deputies; and died March 23, 1844.