Eduardo Dato

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Manuel García Prieto
Succeeded by	Manuel García Prieto
In office 27 October 1913 – 9 December 1915
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Álvaro de Figueroa
Succeeded by	Álvaro de Figueroa
Personal details
Born	12 August 1856 A Coruña, Spain
Died	8 March 1921(1921-03-08) (aged 64) Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	María de Barrenechea, 1st Duchess of Dato
Children	3
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Eduardo Dato e Iradier (12 August 1856 – 8 March 1921) was a Spanish political leader during the

Spanish Congress of Deputies

(a role akin to that of parliamentary speaker).

Career

Born in

He opened his law office two years later. Elected to the Spanish parliament in 1883, he became Under-secretary for the Ministry of the Interior in 1892.

He held the position of

and stayed there until 1920, when he led the government as prime minister again.

Dato was a member of the

, administrator of the bank firm 'Banco Hipotecario' and president of the National Institute of Social Security, the Council of Public Instruction and the Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation.

Assassination

On 8 March 1921 in Madrid, while being driven from the parliament building and in front of the Puerta de Alcalá, Dato was assassinated by three Catalan anarchists, Luis Nicolau, Pedro Mateu, and Ramón Casanellas, who were riding a motorcycle. This was the second murder of a Spanish prime minister in less than a decade; in 1912 José Canalejas had been killed similarly.

King

posthumously made him a duke by bestowing the title "Duchess of Dato" on his widow.

Honours

Dato was conferred with the following honours:

• Chain of the Order of Charles III
• Knight Grand Cross of the First Class of the Order of St. Gregory the Great of the Holy See
• Order of Christ of Portugal
  .
• 340th
  Order of the Tower and Sword
  of Portugal.
• After he died, his wife was granted the title of Duchess of Dato in his honor.

Marriage and children

He married

, 1926), daughter of Juan José de Barrenechea e Urdampilleta (himself the son of Pedro de Barrenechea y Zubea and wife María Ignacia de Urdampilleta y Lagarto) and wife Micaela Montegui y Mercaide (herself the daughter of José Manuel Montegui and wife María de la Concepción Mercaide), and had three daughters:

• Isabel Dato y Barrenechea, 2nd Duchess of Dato
  , unmarried and without issue
• María del Carmen Dato y Barrenechea, 3rd Duchess of Dato (Madrid, 6 December 1885 – 1954), married to Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros
  y Bermejillo, and had issue, two sons
• María de la Concepción Dato y Barrenechea (
  Spanish Diplomat
  , and had issue

References

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Further reading

• Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 81

External links

• Eduardo Dato e Iradier
• Newspaper clippings about Eduardo Dato in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW