Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda
Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda, Marquess of Lema was a Spanish noble, politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
He was born in Madrid, the son of Manuel Bermudez de Castro y Diez a senator and Minister for the Interior and Foreign Affairs, and Maria de la Encarnacion O’Lawlor y Caballero, youngest daughter of Joseph O'Lawlor, an Irish-born Spanish general and governor of Granada. His cousin Richard Lalor was an Irish nationalist member of the British House of Commons.
The Duke was a prominent Spanish author, conservative politician and nobleman. He inherited the Dukedom of Ripalda and the Marquessate of Lema from his paternal uncle. A deputy for Oviedo, he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs 1919–21, 1917, 1913–15; Mayor of Madrid 1903–4 and Governor of the Bank of Spain. He was the author of numerous works including "De la Revolución a la Restauración", "Spain since 1815" and the autobiographical "Mis Recuerdos 1801-1901" Late in life, he was one of the 22 jurists to revolt against a designnation by the Ministry of Interior under General Franco on 22 December 1938 as in their "opinion illegitimate under the operating powers of the 18th of 1936 July".
