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COUNT QUEIPO DE LLANO Y GAYOSO DE See also:TORENO (1840-1890)  , See also:Spanish politician, son of the preceding, was See also:born in See also:Madrid in 1840 . He was educated at the Madrid See also:Institute and University, entered See also:parliament in 1864 as a Moderado, and sat in all the See also:Cortes of See also:Queen See also:Isabella's reign as a See also:deputy for his ancestral See also:province, See also:Asturias . Loyal to the Bourbons all through the revolution, he nevertheless became a deputy in the Cortes of 1871–1873, and founded an Alphonsist See also:paper, El Tiempo, in 1873 . When the Restoration took See also:place, its first See also:cabinet made See also:Count de See also:Toreno See also:mayor of the See also:capital, and in 1875 See also:minister of public See also:works, in which capacity he improved the public See also:libraries, museums, See also:academies and archives, and caused many important works to be published, including the Cartas de Indias . In 1879 he became minister for See also:foreign affairs, in 188o See also:president of the See also:House of Deputies, in 1884 again See also:governor of Madrid, and in 1885 again president of the House of Deputies . During the reign of See also:Alphonso XII. and the first years of the regency of Queen See also:Christina Count de Toreno was one of the most prominent Conservative leaders, and was often consulted by the See also:Crown . He died on the 31st of See also:January 1890 . He was a See also:patron of the See also:turf, and established a See also:race-course in Madrid, where the first races took place in the reign of Alphonso XII .

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