Carlos Martínez de Irujo, Duke of Sotomayor
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 Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean
, 2nd Marquis of Casa Irujo, jure uxoris
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Duke of Sotomayor, Grandee of Spain (Washington, D.C.
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, 14 December 1802 – Madrid
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, 26 December 1855) was a Spanish noble
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 and politician
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 who served as Prime Minister of Spain
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. He was son of the diplomat
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 Carlos Martínez de Irujo, 1st Marquis of Casa Irujo and his wife Sarah MacKean, daughter of the Pennsylvania governor Thomas McKean
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. Don Carlos became Grandee of Spain in 1844 through his marriage to Gabriela del Alcázar, 7th Duchess of Sotomayor.
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