Pedro Caro y Sze­chenyi

Don Pedro Caro y Széchényi, 6th Marquis of La Romana, Grandee of Spain (3 July 1849 – 11 April 1916) was a Spanish aristocrat and politician.

Early life Caro was born on 3 July 1849 at Palma de Mallorca. He was the son of Pedro Caro y Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marquis of La Romana (1827–1888), and Countess Erzsébet "Elisabeth" Széchényi de Sárvár et Felsővidék (1827–1910). His younger brother, José Caro y Széchényi, served as Spain's ambassador to Japan. Before his grandparents marriage, his grandfather had been married to, and widowed from, Lady Caroline Meade (a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam). His maternal uncle, Count Pál Széchenyi, was the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary from October 1882 to April 1889.

Career

In 1889, he was a Gentlemen of the Bedchamber Grandee of Spain. In 1901, he was made a Clavero of the Order of Montesa. Together, they were the parents of: María de la Piedad Caro y Martínez de Irujo, 1st Duchess of Santo Buono (1884–1965), who married Diego del Alcázar y Roca de Togores, 9th Marquess of Peñafuente.