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Don'' Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez (11 June 1811, in
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain – 11 March 1870, in
Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish economist and politician who served as
Minister of Spain between 1865 and 1866, in a
unionist cabinet headed by
Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan
Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuán, GE (12 January 1809 – 5 November 1867), was a Spanish general and Grandee who was Prime Minister of Spain on several occasions.
Early life
He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canar ...
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Manuel was the first son of José Bermúdez de Castro y Blasco and María de los Dolores Díez e Imbrechst. He married in Madrid, on 21 July 1860, María de la Encarnación O'Lawlor y Caballero, daughter of the Irishman
Joseph O'Lawlor and Dionisia Caballero y Crooke. They had a single son:
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Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda (1863–1946), who inherited the Dukedom of Ripalda and the Marquisate of Lema from Manuel's younger brother
Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 1st Duke of Ripalda.
References
Geneall.net Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez
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1811 births
1870 deaths
Economy and finance ministers of Spain
Foreign ministers of Spain
Liberal Union (Spain) politicians
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint-Charles
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
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