Alfredo Escobar

Overview

Alfredo Escobar y Ramírez (Madrid, 18 March 1854 – Madrid, 23 February 1949), lawyer, journalist and conservative politician, son of Ignacio José de Escobar, first marqués de Valdeiglesias (title from 1879), owner and director of the Madrid daily La Época. Alfredo became the second marqués de Valdeiglesias, directed La Época from 1887 and sat in the Cortes and the Senate. (Source: Spanish Wikipedia, «Alfredo Escobar y Ramírez»; Mon Journal t.14 index: «Escobar (Alfredo) journaliste espagnol : 221-222, 226; 230».) Marie's «la Espora» is La Época (reader footnote 093.0184.6).

Relevance to Marie

During her stay in Madrid in October 1881 Escobar is her attentive guide, introduced by Miranda: «Miranda nous a adressé à M. Alfredo Escobar, fils du marquis de... du journal "la Espora"» (093.0184). Her view of him: «Très laid, eh ! très laid» (093.0186). He takes the family to the theatre in his carriage, to the Retiro («décidément plus élégant que le Bois», 093.0216), to the circus (093.0237) and to the bullfight (093.0243, 16 October). She finds him «aimable et galant comme un Espagnol mais je ne crois pas lui avoir tourné la tête» (093.0216). The name «m'a trotté en tête il y a un ou deux ans… un homme célèbre; je ne sais quoi» (093.0187).

References in Diary

• First mentioned: 1881-10-04 (093.0184); also 093.0186, 0187, 0196, 0216, 0237, 0243 (to 16 October 1881).