Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, Marquis of Lema
Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda, Marquis of Lema (1 November 1863, in Madrid – 20 January 1945) was a Spanish noble, politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
Salvador Bermúdez de Castro 2nd Duke of Ripalda | |
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.jpg) Portrait by Kaulak | |
| Mayor of Madrid | |
| In office 25 July 1903 – 22 December 1904 | |
| Preceded by | Vicente Cabeza de Vaca |
| Succeeded by | Gonzalo Figueroa y Torres |
| Minister of State | |
| In office 27 October 1913 – 9 December 1915 | |
| Monarch | Alfonso XIII |
| Prime Minister | Eduardo Dato |
| Preceded by | Antonio López Muñoz |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Villanueva y Gómez |
| In office 11 June 1917 – 13 November 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Alvarado y del Saz |
| Succeeded by | Manuel García Prieto |
| In office 20 July 1920 – 14 August 1921 | |
| Prime Minister | multiple |
| Preceded by | Manuel González-Hontoria |
| Succeeded by | Manuel González-Hontoria |
| 46th Governor of the Bank of Spain | |
| In office 14 March 1922 – 2 January 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Sedó |
| Succeeded by | Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta |
| Seat O of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 5 May 1935 – 20 January 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Julián Ribera |
| Succeeded by | Félix de Llanos y Torriglia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor 1 November 1863 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 20 January 1945 (aged 81) Madrid, Spain |
Biography
He was born in Madrid, the son of Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez (1811–1870) a senator and Minister for the Interior and Foreign Affairs, and María de la Encarnación O’Lawlor y Caballero (1830-1908), youngest daughter of Joseph O'Lawlor (1768–1850), an Irish-born Spanish general and governor of Granada. His cousin Richard Lalor was an Irish nationalist member of the British House of Commons. He married María, a daughter of Joaquín Sánchez de Toca y Calvo and María Ballester y Bueno.[1]
The Duke was a prominent Spanish author, conservative politician and nobleman. He inherited the Dukedom of Ripalda and the Marquessate of Lema from his paternal uncle. A deputy for Oviedo (1891–1923), he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs 1919–21, 1917, 1913–15; Mayor of Madrid 1903–4 and Governor of the Bank of Spain (1922–3).[2][3]
He was the author of numerous works including "De la Revolución a la Restauración", "Spain since 1815" and the autobiographical "Mis Recuerdos 1801-1901".[4]
Late in life, he was one of the 22 jurists who signed the "opinion on the illegitimacy under the operating powers of the 18th of 1936 July", a report drafted in 1938 and commissioned by the Francoist faction during the Civil War that served as ad-hoc legitimation for the 1936 coup d'etat.[5]