Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz Ursúa, 2nd Count of Torrepalma (22 November 1657–3 October 1720) was a Spanish noble and academician.

Life and career

He was a knight of the

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since 1668, and upon the death of his father Alonso Verdugo y Albornoz (1623–1680) he became the second count of Torrepalma. Between 1715 and 1720, he was a member of the

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de la Lengua, the organization charged with setting standards for the

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, which had been founded only three years earlier in 1712 by King

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. He was born in Carmona, in the

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, and baptized in

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on November 22, 1657. He was the father of Alonso Verdugo de Castilla (1706–1767), the third count of Torrepalma, who was also a member of the royal academy from 1740 to 1767.

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