Evaristo Pérez de Castro

{{Short description|Spanish politician and diplomat}}

{{family name hatnote|Pérez de Castro|Colomera|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox Prime Minister

|honorific-prefix = The Most Excellent

|honorific-suffix =

|name = Evaristo Pérez de Castro

|nationality =

|image = Evaristo Pérez de Castro.jpg

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|order = Prime Minister of Spain

|monarch = Isabella II

|term_start = 9 December 1838

|term_end = 20 July 1840

|predecessor = Bernardino Fernández de Velasco

|successor = 1st Marquis of Valdeterrazo

|birth_date = 26 October 1769

|birth_place = Valladolid, Spain

|death_date = 28 November 1849 (aged 71)

|death_place = Madrid

|party = Realista Moderado

|spouse =

|children =

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Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Colomera (26 October 1769, in Valladolid{{cite web |title=Evaristo Pérez de Castro |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6844/evaristo-perez-de-castro |website=dbe.rah.es |access-date=23 August 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Villa-Urrutia |first1=W. R. de |title=La reina gobernadora, Doña María Cristina de Borbón |date=1925 |publisher=F. Beltrán |page=420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n7ANAQAAIAAJ&q=Evaristo+P%C3%A9rez+de+Castro+%2226+de+octubre+de+1769%22 |access-date=23 August 2024 |language=es}} – 28 November 1849,{{cite book |title=Publicaciones del Congreso Histórico Internacional de la Guerra de la Independencia y su Época 1807-1815: Celebrado en Zaragoza durante los días 14 a 20 octubre de 1908 |date=1909 |publisher=Tip. de E. Casañal |page=196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CIa0z3wuAH8C&dq=Evaristo+P%C3%A9rez+de+Castro+%2228+de+noviembre+de+1849%22&pg=RA1-PA196 |access-date=23 August 2024 |language=es}} in Madrid) was a Spanish politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 3 February 1839 to 18 July 1840, and held other important offices such as Minister of State.

He was a Hero of the Kingdom from 1834 to 1836, a senator for the province of Valladolid from 1840 to 1841, and senator for life from 1845 until his death.{{cite web |title=PÉREZ DE CASTRO, EVARISTO |url=https://www.senado.es/web/conocersenado/senadohistoria/senado18341923/senadores/fichasenador/index.html?id1=2208 |website=www.senado.es |access-date=23 August 2024 |language=es}}