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Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano y Gayoso de los Cobos,

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, 8th Count of Toreno and 8th Viscount of Matarrosa (6 November 184031 January 1890) was a Spanish

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and

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. He served as

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between 1875 and 1879, and was also appointed

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. His father was

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and his great-grandmother was the Princess of Anglona of the Borja family. His descendants are also the Marquess of Queipo de Llano, Marquess of Guadiario, Count of

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, Count of Belalcazar, Countess of San Martín de Quiroga, Viscount of Valoria, Duke of Monteagudo, Count of Mayorga, Count of San Martín de Quiroga, and Viscount of Matarrosa.

Life

Born at

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, he was educated at the

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and

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, entered parliament in 1864 as a

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, and sat in all the Cortes of Queen Isabella's reign as a deputy for his ancestral province,

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. Loyal to the

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all through the revolution, he nevertheless became a deputy in the Cortes of 1871–1873, and founded an Alphonsist paper, ''El Tiempo'', in 1873. When the Restoration took place, its first cabinet made Count de Toreno

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of the

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and, in 1875, minister of public works, in which capacity he improved the public libraries, museums, academies and archives, and caused many important works to be published, including the ''Cartas de Indias''. In 1879 he became minister for foreign affairs, in 1880 president of the

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, in 1884 again

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, and in 1885 again president of the

. During the reign of

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and the first years of the regency of Queen Christina, Count de Toreno was one of the most prominent Conservative leaders and was often consulted by the

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. He died on 31 January 1890.

References

Attribution: *

External links

MINISTROS Y MIEMBROS DE ORGANISMOS DE GOBIERNO: Regencias, Juntas de Gobierno, etc. (1808-2000)
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; see ''QUEIPO DE LLANO, FRANCISCO DE BORJA'') , - , - 1840 births 1890 deaths Businesspeople from Madrid Counts of Toreno Viscounts of Spain Foreign ministers of Spain Presidents of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) Mayors of Madrid Knights of Santiago Conservative Party (Spain) politicians Nobility from Madrid Place of death missing {{Spain-noble-stub