Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta
Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta | |
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| Member of the Senate of Spain for the Province of Guadalajara | |
| In office 1877–1899 | |
| In office 1867–1868 | |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies for Guadalajara | |
| In office 1876–1877 | |
| In office 1865–1867 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel García Barzanallana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joaquín Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta 22 April 1808 Llerena, Badajoz |
| Died | 11 March 1899 (aged 90) |
| Spouse(s) |
Ana de Torres, Viscountess of Irueste
(m. 1852; died 1899) |
| Children | Francisca, José, Álvaro, Gonzalo, Rodrigo |
| Parent(s) | Luis Figueroa y Casaus Luisa Mendieta |
Joaquín Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta (22 April 1808 – 11 March 1899) was a Spanish politician and businessman.
Early life
Ignacio was born in Llerena on 22 April 1808.[1] He was the only son of Luis Figueroa y Casaus (an afrancesado who moved to Marseille after May 1808 and made a considerable fortune investing in mining companies dedicated to lead extraction in Andalusia)[2] and Luisa Mendieta.[3]
He received an education in Paris, and, after working for a time as the representative of the interests of his father in Spain, he settled in Madrid in 1845.[4]
Career
Following his father's death, Ignacio inherit the family's vast fortune and companies.[5]
He earned a seat at the Congress of Deputies for the first time in 1865, replacing the vacant seat left by Manuel García Barzanallana in the district of Guadalajara.[1] He renewed his seat during the reign of Isabella II in 1865,[6] and 1867.[7] He became senator for the first time in the 1867–1868 period.[8] Durante the reign of Amadeo I, Figueroa was elected as deputy in representation of Puentedeume at the 1872 election.[9]
Following the Bourbon Restoration, he was elected member of the Congress in the first election that took place in the new regime in 1876, in representation of Guadalajara; appointed as Senator he renounced to his deputy seat in 1877.[10] He served at the Senate until 1899.[8]
Personal life
In 1852, he married Ana de Torres, Viscountess of Irueste (1832–1905), a daughter of José Silvestre de Torres y Tovar, 5th Marquess of Villamejor and Inés de Romo y Bedoya. The marriage formed a union between an affluent bourgeois—him—and an aristocrat in economic hardship,[11] so he got to enter aristocratic circles.[5] Together, they spawned one of the most influential families in Spain during the Restoration period.[12] There children included:
- Francisca de Paula Figueroa y Torres (1855–1927), who married Pedro Díez de Rivera y Muro, 5th Count of Almodóvar.[13]
- José Figueroa y Torres (1857–1901),[14] who succeeded his mother as the Viscount of Irueste; he married María Rosario Loring y Heredia, the third daughter of Jorge Loring, 1st Marquis of Casa Loring and Amalia Heredia Livermore, in 1883.[15]
- Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1863–1950), the Prime Minister of Spain who became the 1st Count of Romanones; he married Casilda Alonso Martínez, the daughter of Manuel Alonso Martínez, the Minister of Grace and Justice, in 1888.[16]
- Gonzalo Figueroa y Torres (1861–1921),[17] the Mayor of Madrid who became the 1st Duke of Las Torres; he married María Manuela O'Neill y Salamanca in 1892.[14]
- Rodrigo Figueroa y Torres (1866–1929), who was created the 1st Duke of Tovar; he married Amelia de Bermejillo y Martínez-Negrete, a lady in waiting of Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, in 1891.[12]
He died in Madrid on 11 March 1899.[1][8]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b c "Figueroa y Mendieta, Joaquín Ignacio. 24. Elecciones 22.11.1864". Congreso de los Diputados.
- ^ Chastagnaret 2000, pp. 344–345.
- ^ Gortázar 1989, pp. 252, 254–255.
- ^ Gortázar 1989, p. 258.
- ^ a b Moreno Luzón 1996, p. 147.
- ^ "Figueroa y Mendieta, Joaquín Ignacio. 25. Elecciones 1.12.1865". Congreso de los Diputados.
- ^ "Figueroa y Mendieta, Joaquín Ignacio. 26. Elecciones 10.3.1867". Congreso de los Diputados.
- ^ a b c "Figueroa y Mendieta, Ignacio. Marqués de Villamejor". Senado de España.
- ^ "Figueroa y Mendieta, Joaquín Ignacio. 29. Elecciones 2.4.1872". Congreso de los Diputados.
- ^ "Figueroa y Mendieta, Joaquín Ignacio. 32. Elecciones 20.1.1876". Congreso de los Diputados.
- ^ Shubert 2003, pp. 65–66; Moreno Luzón 1996, p. 147.
- ^ a b Gortázar 1989, p. 252.
- ^ De Figueroa y Melgar, Alfonso (1900). Estudio Histórico Sobre Algunas Familias Españolas. Fabiola. p. 156. ISBN 8493717320.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ a b Peña Guerrero & Sierra 2001, p. 36.
- ^ "Exmo. Sr. D: José Figueroa y Torres". hemerotecadigital.bne.es (in Spanish). 15 June 1901. p. 358. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Francés, José [in Spanish] (1951). "Semblanza y loa del conde de Romanones". Academia: Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. 1. Madrid: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando: 5–15. ISSN 0567-560X.
- ^ "verdocweb". www.senado.es. 15 October 1921. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- Bibliography
- Chastagnaret, Gérard (2000). "L'Espagne, puissance minière: dans l'Europe du XIXe siècle". Bibliothèque de la Casa de Velázquez. 16. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez. ISBN 84-95555-06-9. ISSN 0213-9758.
- Gortázar, Guillermo [in Spanish] (1989). "Las dinastías españolas de fundidores de plomo de Marsella: don Luis Figueroa y Casaus (1781-1853)" (PDF). Haciendo historia: homenaje al profesor Carlos Seco. pp. 251–260. ISBN 84-7491-246-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-19.
- Moreno Luzón, Javier (1996). "El conde de Romanones y el caciquismo en Castilla (1888-1923)". Investigaciones Históricas: Época Moderna y Contemporánea. 16: 145–166. ISSN 0210-9425.
- Peña Guerrero, María Antonia; Sierra, María (2001). "Andalucía". El Poder de la Influencia: Geografía del Caciquismo en España (1875-1923). En: José Varela Ortega (Ed.). Madrid: Marcial Pons Historia y Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales: 17–45. ISBN 84-259-1152-4.
- Shubert, Adrian (2003) [1990]. A Social History of Modern Spain. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 1134875533.