Emilio Alcalá-Galiano, 4th Count of Casa Valencia
Don Emilio Alcalá-Galiano y Valencia, 4th Count of Casa Valencia and 2nd Viscount of the Pontón (7 March 1831, in Madrid, Spain – 12 November 1914, in San Sebastián, Spain) was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Minister of State in the reign of King Alfonso XII.
Emilio Alcalá-Galiano
In 1876, he was elected senator for Granada and in 1877, as a member of the Liberal Conservative Party, senator for life.
In 1879, he entered the Royal Spanish Academy and was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Lisbon. In 1895, he became Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, a position he held until 1897 when he resigned when the Liberal Party came to power.[1]
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