Joaquín Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta (22 April 1808 – 11 March 1899) was a Spanish politician and businessman.
Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta | |
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| Born | 22 April 1808  Llerena |
| Died | 11 March 1899 (aged 90) Madrid |
Biography edit
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]
References edit
- 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.
- ^ a b Moreno Luzón 1996, p. 147.
- ^ Gortázar 1989, p. 258.
- ^ Shubert 2003, pp. 65–66; 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.
- ^ De Figueroa y Melgar, Alfonso (1900). Estudio Histórico Sobre Algunas Familias Españolas. Fabiola. p. 156. ISBN 8493717320.
- ^ a b Peña Guerrero & Sierra 2001, p. 36.
- ^ Gortázar 1989, p. 252.
- 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.