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Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean

The Most Excellent
The Duke of Sotomayor
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Don Carlos (Martinez de Irujo), 8th Duke of Sotomayor (d. 1910).jpg
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
28 January 1847 – 28 March 1847
Monarch Isabella II
Preceded by Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero
Succeeded by Joaquin Francisco Pacheco
Personal details
Born Carlos Fernando Martínez de Irujo y Mckean
Nationality Spanish

Don Carlos Fernando Martínez de Irujo y McKean, 2nd Marquis of Casa Irujo, jure uxoris Duke of Sotomayor, Grandee of Spain (14 December 1802 in Washington, D.C. – 26 December 1855 in Madrid) was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain.

He was son of the diplomat Carlos Martínez de Irujo y , 1st Marquis of Casa Irujo, and his wife Sarah McKean, the daughter of the Pennsylvania Governor Thomas McKean and Pennsylvania First Lady Sarah Armitage McKean.

Don Carlos became a Grandee of Spain in 1844 through his marriage to Gabriela del Alcázar, 7th Duchess of Sotomayor through which he gained the courtesy title, Duke of Sotomayor.

The Duke and Duchess had two children:



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