Jaime Chicharro Sánchez-Guió (1889–1934) was a Spanish Conservative and Carlist politician. He is known mostly as the moving spirit behind turning a fishing bay in Burriana into a modern port, facilitating export of oranges grown in the area. As a politician he is recognized as representative of large proprietors within the Carlist movement.

Family and youth

Jaime Chicharro Sánchez-Guió was born to a family of Castilian landowners. His paternal ancestors originated from Vascongadas; his grandfather, Jesús Chicharro de la Torre, was a military engineer and settled in the province of Ciudad Real following railway construction works.Biografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, [in:] Buris-Ana. Boletín de la Agrupación Burrianense de Cultura 77 (1958), p. 2 Jaime's father, José Chicharro Martín del Moral (1856-1905),José Chicharro Martín del Moral entry at Geneanet genealogical service, available here sided with the legitimists during the Third Carlist War.Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934), [in:] CED Borriana, 08.03.2014, available here; the same source claims, probably after Biografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, that he reached the rank of a general, though it is not clear how and when he could have reached this honor He married Soledad Sánchez-Guió Ruiz-Hidalgo (1860-1912).Soledad Sánchez-Guio Ruiz-Hidalgo entry at Geneanet genealogical service, available here The couple had 4 children, apart from Jaime also three daughters,Biografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, p. 2; some sources indicate 2 sisters, see Geneanet service available here all raised in a fervently Catholic ambience.

In 1897 the young Jaime entered the Jesuit Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo in the Madrid district of Chamartín de la Rosa.ABC 14.01.34 available here, Biografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro Having completed secondary education he moved to Biscay commencing law studies in the Jesuit Deusto College.Guillem Rios, Un paseo por el cemeterio (parte I), [in:] elperiodic.com 01.11.07, available here , Biografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, p. 2 Following graduation he completed his education obtaining diploma in Philosophy and Letters from the Universidad Central (later Universidad Complutense) in Madrid.ABC 14.01.34, Biografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, p. 2 Holding two diplomas he settled in Madrid and assumed the chair of History in same Jesuit college he had attended earlier.Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934)

In 1912 Chicharro married Dolores Lamamié de Clairac Romero y Bermúdez de Castro (1890-1974),Dolores Lamamie de Clairac Romero entry at Geni genealogical service, available here related to the Salamanca landowner and later a well-known Carlist politician, José María Lamamié de Clairac y de la Colina.Dolores was the daughter of Lamamie's paternal cousin As she inherited some 300 hectaresBiografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, p. 2 around Villarreal and Nules, the family moved to the spouse's La Salmantina estate, now located in the municipality of Les Alqueries (Castellón province).Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934), Biografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, p. 2 The couple had 13 children,CHICHARRO LAMAMIÉ DE CLAIRAC, Antonio thread at Memoriablau service, available here born between 1914 and 1932. During early months of the Civil War the oldest daughter was tortured and killed by the Republican militia in Madrid.in 1936 or 1937, dates given differ; Hércules Cortez, [in:] Club de Boxeo Paulino Uzcudun service 03.11.11, available here Five sons volunteered to the Carlist Requeté;Hércules Cortez, [in:] Club de Boxeo Paulino Uzcudun service 03.11.11 one of them died in 1939 due to tortures suffered as the Republican POW.CHICHARRO LAMAMIÉ DE CLAIRAC, Antonio thread at Memoriablau service; other version is that he suffered fatal cardial breakdown having the learnt the fate of his sister Maria Dolores, see Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934) Four sons joined División Azul; two of them died in combat in Russia, the two who survived grew to Francoist generals.Juan Chicharro Ortega, La división española de voluntarios en Rusia, [in:] ABC 17.07.10, available herel His second youngest son served as a diplomat and subgobernador in the Spanish Equatorial Guinea.Rios 2008 The youngest son became sort of celebrity as a wrestling champion in the 1950s.Hércules Cortez, [in:] Club de Boxeo Paulino Uzcudun service 03.11.11, Hércules Cortez: el mejor wrestler español de la historia, [in:] Se-Puto-Acabó service available here Some of Jaime's grandchildren became public figures and stirred political controversy as late as in 2013.see El Pais 27.02.13, available here and alertadigital service 27.02.13, available here

Young Carlistwlink

Chicharro inherited his militant ultraconservative outlook after his father, who following the Carlist war service contributed belligerent pieces to the Carlist Ciudad Real based El Manchego weekly in the 1880s.he contributed under the pen-name "K. Tite" and his article prompted penalty action against the review, see José Narvaez Fernández "El Manchego" (1886-1888). La prensa carlista a traves de un periodico regional, [in:] Cuadernos de estudios manchegos 8 (1978), p. 101 The leaning was further reinforced when during his Madrid academic years Chicharro met and got fascinated by Juan Vázquez de Mella, the top Carlist theorist.Emotivo homenaje a D. Jaime Chicharro en su pueblo natal, Torralba de Calatrava, [in:] Buris-Ana 145 (1976), p. 2 In 1909 he co-founded the local Centro TradicionalistaBiografia sucinta de D. Jaime Chicharro, p. 2 and together with other young Carlists he set up El Combate,Emotivo homenaje a D. Jaime Chicharro en su pueblo natal, Torralba de Calatrava, [in:] Buris-Ana 145 (1976), p. 2 a review later renamed to Juventud Tradicionalista.Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934) Active in Catholic organizations, he started to appear on public meetings, like those confronting the idea of secular education.El Siglo Futuro 19.04.10, available here In 1911 he engaged in launching Congreso Eucaristico and later joined Junta Nacional de Propagandistas de Acción Católica.Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934); the organization is also referred to as Asociación católioo-nacional de jóvenes propagandistas, see El Siglo Futuro 09.06.10, available here Also in 1911 Chicharro joined the Madrid Junta Católica, part of a national electoral effort engineered by the Church and intended to produce a grand Catholic political alliance.El Siglo Futuro 07.01.11, available here At that time he was already a Carlist activist recognized nationally.the newly created Juventud Carlista in Plasencia, a town in Northern Extremadura, asked Chicharro to be – along the likes of Esteban Bilbao or Rafael Pérez Aguago – its honorary president, Rodolfo Orantos Martín, El desconocido carlismo placentino. Represión, Exilio y Memoria Histórica, [in:] Memoria histórica de Plasencia y las comarcas, Plasencia 2014, , p. 99

When following his marriage Chicharro moved to Castellón province he remained in the same political ambience, becoming president of the local Juventud Jaimistain 1914 he was already reported as former president, El Liberal 14.10.14, available here and in 1915 growing to jefe of the Villareal Jaimistas.reported as hosting Cerralbo during his tours across the country, El Liberal 14.10.14, also La Correspondencia de España 01.11.15, available here In 1916 he entered the Castellón Junta Provincial and became its vice-president, going on with his Villarreal jefatura duties.Gerard Llansola, Estructura organizativa i participació electoral del carlisme castellonenc en la decadéncia de la Restauració (1914-1918), [in:] Rosa Monlleó Peris, Castelló al segle XX, Valencia 2006, , 9788480215640, p. 212 The same year for the first time he launched his bid for the Cortes standing in the Nules district. At that time Valencian Carlism was divided between the mainstream purs and the dissident paquistes,Llansola 2006, p. 221 followers of Francisco Giner Lila;Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934) Chicharro seemed to have allied with none and unsuccessfully ran a broad conservative ticket, forming part of the contenders loyal to the Murcian party leader, Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel.Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934); overview of electoral results in Castellon in 1913-1916 in Gerard Llansola Gil, Republicanisme, identitat popular i hegemonia municipal: Castelló de la Plana, 1913-1917, Castellon 2006, , 9788480215695, p. 89

He tried his luck again in Nules in the subsequent campaign of 1918, though political configuration of the time seems particularly obscure and illegible. According to some, he represented the purs faction and was supported by a partially controlled newspaper, La Gaceta de Levante,Llansola 2006, p. 228, also El Sol 06.02.18, available here opposed by the competing paquistes fraction and the conservative mauristas.Llansola 2006, p. 228 According to another scholar, Chicharro was criticized by orthodox Carlists for his strong predilection for broad Right-wing alliances, blurring the Traditionalist political identity.Juan Ramón de Andrés Martín, El cisma mellista. Historia de una ambición política, Madrid 2000, , p. 134 He lost again, failing to get the ticket also in by-elections staged later that year as the victorious candidate died soon after having been elected.Nota biográfica sobre Jaime Chicharro y Sánchez-Guio (1889-1934), Llansola 2006, p. 228; many picturesque details available here

Mellista

In the 1910s Carlism was increasingly divided between its top theorist Juan Vazquez de Mella and the claimant, Jaime III; the former tended to downplay dynastical issues for the sake of advancing a grand Right-wing formation, united by Traditionalist values. Chicharro sympathised with his former Madrid master and emerged as one of the most vehement Mella supporters;along Pradera, Garcia Guijarro, Careaga, Iglesias and conde Doña Marina, Andrés Martín 2000, pp. 146-7 when in 1919 the crisis exploded and the Carlists were forced to take sides, he left the claimant and joined the rebels.Andrés Martín 2000, p. 146 In the 1919 electoral campaign he already represented a broad and somewhat vague conservative platform, advocating a broad Catholic national party of the Right.La Epoca 11.08.19, available here Some sources claim he counted among governmental maurista candidates,Andrés Martín 2000, p. 171, this version confirmed also in El Sol 03.06.19, available here some present him as a catholic-monarchist, a ciervistaLa Epoca 24.05.19, available here or a Carlist.La Correspondencia de España 25.05.19, available here Finally successful,see the official Cortes service available here when in the Cortes he sided with the ciervistas.Andrés Martín 2000, p. 175 In 1920 re-election campaign Chicharro had the loyal Carlists pitted against him,ABC 17.11.20, available here but he managed to renew his ticketas a ciervista, see La Acción 10.11.20, available here and served in the diet until 1923.see the official Cortes service, available here