Have recently seen a statue of Jose Murphy in Santa Cruz ,Tenerife, and would like to find out more about him.

Question

Would like to know about his background and what he is famous for.

Answer 1

Poorly translated by Google from the Spanish website linked below,

He was born in 1774 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in a family of the commercial bourgeoisie of Irish origin. Educated from the most tender childhood for the mercantile race, he spoke and he wrote perfectly in English and French, which allowed to develop a remarkable commercial experience him with the foreigner. Until the Liberal Triennium, Jose Murphy participated in active form in the public life tinerfeña and was actively it jeopardize with the partner-political project of his social, conscious class of the paper that could reach the harbor city in which it was called on to him to be born the future in Spanish politician if liberalism rooted and strengthened. Its political race was marked by the fight by the hegemony of Santa Cruz in front of the Lagoon and the Palms and by the defense of the commercial liberties of the Islands. It marched to exile after the overthrow of the constitutional regime in 1823. In May of 1837 General Consul of Spain in Mexico was named, position that carried out during three years. He passed away in the misery in 1841.

Answer 2

In Tenerife you are able to do any such thing you feel like any time of the year thanks to its climate, organic environments and tourist infrastructure made for enjoyment for the family and this place is the perfect area for a great vacation and with hotelbye you can get it. In Tenerife are plenty of things waiting for you to discover and some of those is in the south west coast of Tenerife. A spot that's a spectacular area for watching whales free in the ocean. Around 26 species are observed only off the coast, including baleen whales, monster whales, dolphins, pilot whales and even blue whales. In Tenerife you will also see The Teide National Park. At 3,718 metres, Teide volcano is Spain's highest peak and its two ecosystems make the rise an event saturated in contrasts.