with Ampuero already the patriarch of Biscay Traditionalism, was strongly leaning towards some rapprochement with the Jaimistas, especially prior to the 1931 elections. Lezama's return to orthodox Carlism was sealed by his presence at the funeral of Don Jaime in Paris and his leading of local funeral ceremonies in Biscay; the hardly active Bilbao Mellista structures joined Comunión Tradicionalista in corpore. In the united organisation in 1932 Lezama was nominated the party provincial Biscay leader and later represented the provincial party organization in the nationwide executive. The same year he entered the Carlist junta which inspected the draft of vasco-navarrese autonomous statute; the body eventually refrained from issuing firm recommendations. Few months before death Lezama, who has barely been noted on massive rallies, co-presided over a grand Carlist political gathering in Bilbao. See also Traditionalism Carlism Mellismo Manuel Lezama Leguizamón Sagarminaga Palacio Lezama Leguizamón Casa Lezama-Leguizamon Footnotes Further reading Pablo Díaz Morlán, La evolución de la oligarquía vizcaína, 1872-1936. Un intento de intepretación y síntesis, [in:] Ekonomiaz: Revista vasca de economía 54 (2003), pp. 12–27 Antonio Escudero, La mineria vizcaina durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, [in:] Revista de Historia Economica 4/2 (1986), pp. 365–387 J. Saiz de Omeñaca, I. Ereño, K. Atxabal, I. Azurmendi, Mitigation of adverse effects at the Lezama-Leguizamon abandoned open-pit mine (Bilbao, northern Spain), [in:] Environmental Geology 22 (1993), pp. 10–12 José Luis Orella, La Gaceta del Norte, la espada laica de la Compañía de Jesús, [in:] Aportes 51 (2003), pp. 49–62 José Eugenio Villar, Beatriz Herreras Moratinos, Antonio Hernández Almaraz, La industria del agua en la CAV. Ingeniería y Patrimonio, Bilbao 2008 External links Lezama genealogical history at Euskalnet service the Lezamas discussed on private blog of Cesar Estornes, part 1 the Lezamas discussed on private blog of Cesar Estornes, part 2 Por Dios y por España, contemporary Carlist propaganda People from Bilbao Spanish Roman Catholics Carlists Politicians from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque anthropologists Basque Carlist politicians Basque writers Bibliographers Spanish ethnographers Linguists from Spain Spanish bankers Spanish book and manuscript collectors Spanish financial businesspeople Spanish industrial engineers Spanish publishers (people)