Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, Marquis of Lema

Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda, Marquis of Lema (Madrid; 1 November 1863 – 20 January 1945) was a Spanish noble, politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State during the reign of Alfonso XIII.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bermúdez de Castro and the second or maternal family name is O'Lawlor.

The Marquis of Lema

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".

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.[4]

References
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  2. Gonzalo P. Alzuria "Diccionario akal de historiadores españoles contemporáneos (1840-1980)" on Google Books
  3. Carlos Darde & Josep Armengoli i Segu "El poder de la influencia: Geografía del caciquismo en España (1875-1923)" 2001 p. 76 on Google Books
  4. ↑ En el Apéndice I al Dictamen de la Comisión sobre ilegitimidad de poderes actuantes el 18 de julio de 1936 (Editora Nacional; Barcelona, 1939) los sublevados publicaron acusaciones de fraude y de coacciones durante las elecciones de febrero de 1936 en Cáceres, La Coruña, Lugo, Pontevedra y otras provincias con el objetivo de legitimar el Golpe de Estado
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