Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta | |
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Born | 22 April 1808
Llerena |
Died | 11 March 1899
(aged 90) Madrid |
Joaquín Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta (22 April 1808 – 11 March 1899) was a Spanish politician and businessman.
Born in Llerena on 22 April 1808, [1] 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] Ignacio would inherit his father's companies. [4] 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. [5]
In 1852, he married Ana de Torres, viscountess of Irueste, forming a union between an affluent bourgeois—him—and an aristocrat in economic hardship, [6] so he got to enter aristocratic circles. [4] 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 [7] and 1867. [8] He became senator for the first time in the 1867–1868 period. [9] Durante the reign of Amadeo I , Figueroa was elected as deputy in representation of Puentedeume at the 1872 election. [10]
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. [11] He served at the Senate until 1899. [9]
He died in Madrid on 11 March 1899. [1] [9]
He was the father of Francisca de Paula, [12] José, [13] Álvaro (the Count of Romanones), Gonzalo [13] and Rodrigo, spawning one of the most influential families in Spain during the Restoration period. [14]
Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta | |
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Born | 22 April 1808
Llerena |
Died | 11 March 1899
(aged 90) Madrid |
Joaquín Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta (22 April 1808 – 11 March 1899) was a Spanish politician and businessman.
Born in Llerena on 22 April 1808, [1] 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] Ignacio would inherit his father's companies. [4] 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. [5]
In 1852, he married Ana de Torres, viscountess of Irueste, forming a union between an affluent bourgeois—him—and an aristocrat in economic hardship, [6] so he got to enter aristocratic circles. [4] 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 [7] and 1867. [8] He became senator for the first time in the 1867–1868 period. [9] Durante the reign of Amadeo I , Figueroa was elected as deputy in representation of Puentedeume at the 1872 election. [10]
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. [11] He served at the Senate until 1899. [9]
He died in Madrid on 11 March 1899. [1] [9]
He was the father of Francisca de Paula, [12] José, [13] Álvaro (the Count of Romanones), Gonzalo [13] and Rodrigo, spawning one of the most influential families in Spain during the Restoration period. [14]