José Joaquín Agulló, Count of Ripalda
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José Joaquín Agulló, Count of Ripalda (1810-1878) was a Spanish nobleman, VI Conde de Ripalda, IV Marqués de Campo Salinas and Barón de Tamarit.
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Agulló was born in Valencia, the son of José de Agulló and Josefa Sánchez Bellmont. Agulló was married to María Josefa Paulín y de la Peña. They had three daughters, Dolores de Agulló y Paulín, (Countess of Ripalda), María de Agulló y Paulín and Isabel de Agulló y Paulín.
In 1860 José Joaquín Agulló, moves to England, to attend as official representative of Spain, in the International Statistical Institute held in London. In 1865 Agulló was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. He also was the co-founder of the Spanish Red Cross, and presided over the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia.