Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda

Spanish politician and diplomat

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1863

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1945

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Don Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda and 2nd 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. He was born in Madrid, the son of Manuel Bermudez de Castro y Diez (1811–1870) a senator and Minister for the Interior and Foreign Affairs, and Maria de la Encarnacion 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. The Duke was a prominent Spanish author, conservative politician and nobleman.
He inherited the Dukedom of Ripalda and the Marquisate 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).
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 to revolt against a designnation by the Ministry of Interior under General Franco on 22 December 1938 as in their "opinion illegitimate under the operating powers of the 18th of 1936 July".