Rafael Carlos Merry del Val (4 November 1831 – 29 August 1917) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat.
He was a son of Rafael Merry y Gayté and María de la Trinidad del Val y Gómez.
[1] A career diplomat, Merry del Val had missions at the courts of the Kings of Belgium and Great Britain; serving as the Spanish Ambassador to Belgium and to the Holy See and Minister at the Imperial Court of Vienna, and Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II and Kings Alfonso XII and Alfonso XII.
[1] Merry del Val was married to Sofía Josefa de Zulueta (1839–1925), eldest daughter of Pedro José de Zulueta, 2nd Count of Torre Díaz, and the former Sophie Anne Willcox (daughter of Brodie McGhie Willcox, MP for Southampton).
Together, they were the parents of four sons, all of whom were born in London:[1] Merry del Val died on 29 August 1917 in San Sebastián.