Manuel García Prieto, Marquis of Alhucemas
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Director of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and a president of the Ateneo Madrileño . He was made Count of Romanones in 1893 and Grandee of Spain in 1911, as well as 7th Count of Yebes in 1922.
Álvaro de Figueroa and his brothers José and Luis were sons of the Count of Romanones, a liberal politician and president of the Government of Spain on several occasions between 1912 and 1919, and nephews of the Marquis de Villamejor, the first IOC Member from Spain.
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Born on 15 August 1863 in the Casa de Cisneros, at the Madrid's Plaza de la Villa, he was son of Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta (a millionaire who had inherited a fortune from the mining companies of his father) and Ana de Torres y Romo (an aristocrat, daughter of the Marquis of Villamejor).
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Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres-Sotomayor, 1st Count of Romanones was a Spanish politician and businessman. He served as Prime Minister three times between 1912 and 1918, president of the Senate, president of the Congress of Deputies, Mayor of Madrid and many times as cabinet minister.
Search the Collection. Sitters A-Z. Artists A-Z. Advanced search. Explore further. Help. Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres Mendieta, Conde de Romanones. (1863-1950), Prime Minister of Spain and historian. Sitter in 3 portraits. Born into a wealthy land-owning family in Madrid, Medieta was a Spanish statesman and businessman.
Notably, he was the grandson of Álvaro de Figueroa, a statesman who had served as Prime Minister of Spain. Griffith and her husband had three children: Don Álvaro de Figueroa y Griffith, 10th Count of Quintanilla, 4th Count of Romanones (born 21 February 1949), married Lucila Domecq Williams.
The famous article “ Neutralidades que matan ” ("Neutralities that kill") was published in the Diario Universal on 19 August 1914. It is attributed to Juan Pérez Caballero (1861–1951), a Liberal leader and Álvaro de Figueroa, Count Romanones’ (1863–1950) righthand man.
