Colonel Ernesto Fonts Y Sterling Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

Ernesto Fonts y Sterling served as Secretary of Treasury of the Cuban Republic. He was descendent of an aristocratic Cuban family of lawyers who had two brothers practicing law in La Habana, one holding a position with the Spanish government. When he was a child, his parents were exiled to Spain, where he lived until 1876, when he returned to La Habana. Ernesto Fonts studied at Mount Pleasant, N.V. and once graduated he started the development of his estate at Alquizar. He joined the forces of Dr. Juan Bruno de Zayar on October 24, 1895 and later was appointed by the Cuban Government to the office of Treasurer of Las Villas.