Justo Pastor Román Garrán Moso (1867–1942) was a Spanish Catholic lawyer, publisher and politician, related to Valladolid and Navarre. He owned and managed a local vallisoletano newspaper, Diario Regional (1908–1926). In terms of ideology he was closest to Traditionalism. In terms of politics Garrán approached various right-wing currents, in-between maurismo, Integrism, corporativist Christian Democracy, primoderiverismo and Francoism, yet he was most associated with Carlism. His career climaxed during two terms in the Cortes (1919–1920, 1923); he was also member of the primoderiverista quasi-parliament, Asamblea Nacional Consultiva (1928–1930). He served in the Navarrese self-government, Diputación Foral (1928–1930), and was member of the republican Tribunal de Garantías Constitucionales (1933–1936). Garrán was also the author of few theoretical treaties, dedicated to Church-state relations and to separate Basque-Navarrese legal establishments.
Family and youth
The Garráns have been for generations related to Valladolid. Justo's great-grandfather, Nemesio Garrán Martínez, was regidor of the city, where he represented "artes y oficios"; in the Napoleonic period he voiced against resistance and advocated loyalty to “rey D. José Napoleon I".in 1809 as regidor he co-signed a loyalist order, which claimed that "la resistencia armada es un acto quimérico, irracional, incivico y sórdido", and invited to stand by "su rey D. José Napoleon I", Jorge Sánchez Fernández, Valladolid durante la Guerra de la Indepndencia Española (1808-1814) [PhhD thesis Universidad de Valladolid], Valladolid 202, pp. 203-204 Justo's grandfather, Esteban Garrán Vitores (1797Justo Pastor Garran Moso entry, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here -1865Boletin Oficial de la Provincia de Valladolid 04.12.66, available here), was "propietario fabricante de sombreros"El Corresponsal 14.12.41, available here and in the 1830s also served as regidor.Boletin Oficial de la Provincia de Valladolid 08.10.36, available here Justo's father, Mauricio Garrán Román (1827–1898),Justo Pastor Garran Moso entry, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here graduated as engineer; initially posted to Tarragona, he briefly worked as jefe of Obras Públicas in Pamplona and Burgos, until in the mid-1860s he assumed the same role in Barcelona. For some 10 years he was heavily involved in development of its harbor infrastructure and until today he is considered one of key people in its history.compare e.g. The Port, the doorway to Barcelona, [in:] DerelicteBarcelona service, available here In the mid-1880s he moved to Ministerio de Ultramar and then Ministerio de Fomento, in the Caminos, Canales y Puertos section;Mauricio Garrán Román, [in:] Real Academia de la Historia service, available here he also published some works on engineering.he wrote, among minor works, Comentario al pliego de condiciones generales aprobado por el Real decreto de 10 de julio de 1861 (Barcelona 1861), Tratado de la formación de los proyectos de carreteras (Madrid 1862), Memoria elevada a la Dirección General de Obras Públicas por el Ingeniero jefe de 1ª clase D... al cesar en el cargo de Director facultativo de las obras del Puerto de Barcelona (Barcelona 1881)
During his service in Navarre, Garrán Román married Josefa María Micaela Moso Navarlaz (1831–1921)Josefa María Micaela Garrán Román entry, [in:] MyHeritage service, available here from Olite. Her ancestors belonged to hidalguia related to Tafalla; the Navarlaz owned more land than the Moso.near Tafalla, Olite, Olleta, Barasoain, and San Martin de Unx Her father, Juan Moso Villanueva,Josefa Maria Michaela Moso Navarlaz, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here “tesorero de rentas”,“Lo califican de ‘profesión’ ‘Tesorero de rentas’, mas evidentemente es un rico propietario con múltiples fincas y corralizas localizables en Olite”, Diario de Navarra 20.04.1987 acquired prestigious status when following death of her mother he remarried with descendant to Conde de Espoz y Mina.following death of his wife María Navarlaz, Juan Moso re-married with Clementa Irure Espoz, the niece of Francisco Espoz y Mina; as the latter died childless she was the one who inherited the family possessions and the liberal heritage. However, during the second marriage Moso lived on estate of his first wife, in Olite, Pascual Tamburri Beriáin, Materiales para la reconstrucción del archivo de Francisco Espoz y Mina y sus herederos, [in:] Huarte de San Juan 8 (2001), pp. 107-126. One author claims that Garran's “madre era hermana del conde de Espoz y Mina”, see Pablo Pérez López, Católicos, política e información. Diario Regional de Valladolid, 1931-1980 [PhD thesis Universidad de Valladolid], Valladolid 1992, p. 39; this statement is incorrect Mauricio Garrán Román and Micaela Moso Navarlaz will have 4 children; apart from Justo also Mauricio, María and Josefa.Mauricio Garran Roman, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here In line with professional assignments of Mauricio the family soon moved to Barcelona, where the young Justo spent his childhood and adolescence; he obtained bachillerato in Ciudad Condal, before they moved to Madrid.Recuerdo y homenaje a don Justo Garrán, fundador de Diario Regional, [in:] Diario Regional 17.11.56, available here In the mid-1880s he enrolled in law at Universidad Central and was an excellent student.already as a 22-year-old, in 1888 he was allowed to deliver a lecture at Real Academia de Jurisprudencia, La Publicidad 26.02.88, available here. He spoke Catalan, French, English, German and Italian, and later subscribed to various newspapers in these languages, Pérez López 1992, p. 39 Garrán Moso graduated in 1891, with his thesis titled La división de poderes. El poder moderador.Garran Moso, Justo entry, [in:] Portal de Archivos Españoles service, available here The same year he was admitted to Colegio de Abogados de Madrid.Garran Moso, Justo entry, [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustro Colegio de Abogados de Madrid, available here He was initially employed in the law firm of Germán GamazoRecuerdo y homenaje a don Justo Garrán, fundador de Diario Regional, [in:] Diario Regional 17.11.56, available here (in some sources "despacho Maura-Gamazo"Pérez López 1992, p. 39) before returning to Valladolid to open his own office.in 1900 he was noted as "abogado y acaudalado propietario de Valladolid", El Eco de Navarra 04.09.00, available here
In 1900La Epoca 08.10.00, available here Justo Garrán married a Pamplonesa, Catalina Moso Subiza (1870Catalina Moso Subiza entry, [in:] Geni service, available here-1925Garrán Moso, Justo entry, [in:] Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia service, available here). Both were fairly closely related as they had the same grandfather, Juan Moso Villanueva; Justo was his descendant from the first marriage, and Catalina from the second one.Justo's mother, Josefa Maria Moso Navarlaz, was daughter to Juan Moso Villanueva and his first wife, Maria Navarlaz Navarro. Catalina's father, Juan Moso Irure, II. Conde de Espoz y Mina, was son to Juan Moso Villanueva and his second wife, Clementa Irure Espoz Her father, II. Conde de Espoz y Mina, was a prestigious Navarrese aristocrat and served as diputado foral in the mid-1870s.Ángel García-Sanz Marcotegui, Políticos-empresarios liberales y compañías en la explotación del bosque del Irati (Navarra) a mediados del siglo XIX, [in:] Príncipe de Viana 65/232 (2004), p. 557 The couple settled in Valladolid, where Justo practiced and owned urban real estates, inherited from his father, though from his maternal ancestors he inherited also some rural estate in Olite. Justo and Catalina had 3 children, born between 1901 and 1912:Justo Pastor Román Garrán Moso entry, [in:] Geni service, available here Mauricio, María and José Garrán Moso.Libertad 29.08.42, available here Both sons engaged in Carlism and served as requetés during the civil war.for Jose see Maria Larraza Micheltorena, Alcaldes de Pamplona durante el franquismo: Un retrato de conjunto, [in:] Memoria y civilizacion 15 (2012), p. 235. For Mauricio (died in 1945) see Javier Ugarte Tellería, La nueva Covadonga insurgente: orígenes sociales y culturales de la sublevación de 1936 en Navarra y el País Vasco, Madrid 1998, ISBN 9788470305313, p. 476 José became a well-known Navarrese politician of early Francoism; he served as alcalde of Pamplona (1940–1941) and FET leaderLibertad 12.09.42, available here and civil governor of Biscay (1941–1942).Libertad 05.09.42, available here None of Justo's grandchildren from Garrán Arraiza, Huarte Garrán and Garrán Sagarra families became a public figure.
Early public engagements (until 1919)
Garrán's ascendants were associated with Liberalism. His paternal grandfather commanded liberal militia during the First Carlist War,El Correo Nacional 23.04.38, available here while his father was “un alfonsino declarado”;Pérez López 1992, p. 39 his maternal grandfather was related to the iconic liberal Espoz y Mina family.his maternal grandmother's family were probably Carlists; a Martín Antonio Navarlaz from Berasoain fought in legitimist ranks during the First Carlist War, Ángel García-Sanz Marcotegui, Javier Ruiz Astiz, Militares carlistas navarros (1833-1849), Pamplona 2017, ISBN 9788497693226, p. 405 However, the young Justo did not follow suit. Already during his academic period he co-signed letters which protested alleged anti-religious governmental policy and were published in the Integrist (1885)El Siglo Futuro 01.04.85, available here or Catholic (1888)La Unión Católica 16.11.88, available here papers. Following death of his father, Garrán burnt his liberal books.Pérez López 1992, p. 39 In the 1890s he engaged in local Catholic organisations and emerged as their prominent member; in 1901 in name of Unión de Católicos de Valladolid he was signing various declarations.El Diario Catalan 28.07.01, available here In the 1903 elections he ran for the CortesEl Universo 27.03.03, available here as the Unión de Católicos candidate; he lost.Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Valladolid 29.04.03, available here In 1905 an Integrist newspaper claimed he would run again, this time as a Carlist candidate;La Epoca 19.07.05, available here it is not clear whether he lost or withdrew.