Gonzalo Figueroa Y Torres
Gonzalo Figueroa y Torres (19 August 1861 - 18 October 1921) was a Spanish politician of the Restoration, and Mayor of Madrid between 1904 and 1905. He held noble titles such as ''Count of Mejorada del Campo'' and ''Duke of Las Torres''. He is best known for being the very first Spanish representative in the International Olympic Committee and as the fundamental head behind the foundation of the Spanish Olympic Committee in 1912. Early life He was born in Madrid on 19 August 1861, as the son of Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta, and the brother of Álvaro (the Count of Romanones), José Figueroa y Torres (Viscount of Irueste) and (Duke of Tovar). He was part of one of the most influential families in Spain during the Restoration period. Political career He premiered as a deputy in the Cortes for Baeza in the 1891 Spanish general election. He was senator for the province of Guadalajara in two legislatures (1896–1898 and 1898–1899) and, from 1899, a senator for life, holding this ...
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1891 Spanish General Election
The 1891 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 1 February (for the Congress of Deputies) and on Sunday, 15 February 1891 (for the Senate of Spain, Senate), to elect the 5th Cortes Generales#Restoration (1874–1930), Cortes of the Restoration (Spain), Kingdom of Spain in the Restoration period. All 442 seats in the Congress of Deputies (plus four special districts) were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate. Following a 1890 reform of the electoral law that saw a change from the previous censitary suffrage to a universal manhood suffrage, the electorate was extended to about 27.3% of the country's population. The election saw a large parliamentary majority for the Conservative Party (Spain), Conservative Party after Antonio Cánovas del Castillo's return to power in July 1890, following the end of the Liberal Party (Spain, 1880), Liberal Party's "turn" of government between 1885 and 1890. Overview Electoral system The Spanish Cortes Generales, Cortes we ...
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