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TORENO, QUEIPO DE LLANO Y GAYOSO DE, COUNT (1840-1890)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 52 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TORENO, QUEIPO DE LLANO Y GAYOSO DE, COUNT (1840-1890) , Spanish politician, son of the preceding, was born in Madrid in 1840. He was educated at the Madrid Institute and University, entered
parliament
  in 1864 as a Moderado, and sat in all the
Cortes
  of Queen Isabella's reign as a deputy for his ancestral province,
Asturias
 . Loyal to the Bourbons all through the revolution, he nevertheless became a deputy in the
Cortes
  of 18711873, and founded an Alphonsist
paper
 , El Tiempo, in 1873. When the Restoration took place, its first cabinet made Count de Toreno mayor of the
capital
 , 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 188o president of the
House
  of Deputies, in 1884 again
governor
  of Madrid, and in 1885 again president of the
House
  of Deputies. During the reign of Alphonso XII. 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 Crown. He died on the 31st of January 1890. He was a patron of the
turf
 , and established a race-course in Madrid, where the first races took place in the reign of Alphonso XII.


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