Antonio de la Torre y López trained at the School of Fine Arts in Malaga under Emilio Ocón, a renowned painter of sea scenes. He obtained several accolades at national fine arts exhibitions, including honourable mentions in 1892 and 1895, a Third Place Medal in 1897 for a sea scene and a Second Place Medal in 1899 in the Decorative Arts section.

• Julián Gállego Serrano
• María José Alonso

Antonio García Alix graduated in Law and then joined the Judicial Corps of the armed forces. He went into politics in 1886 as the member of parliament for Yecla (Murcia). He subsequently served as the representative for Cartagena uninterruptedly until his death. With his solid grounding in legal and economic matters, he joined the Conservative Party in 1895 and was appointed Under-Secretary for Grace and Justice, answerable to Francisco Romero Robledo as Minister. In 1899 he worked with Raimundo Fernández Villaverde on his reform plan, in regard to settling the debts left by the wars in the colonies and with the USA. This gave him an exhaustive knowledge of financial issues. In 1900 he became Minister for Public Instruction and Fine Arts in the government headed by Francisco Silvela and in December 1902 he was appointed as Governor of the Banco de España, though he left the post in July 1903 to become Minister of Governance. In January 1905 he was made Finance Minister in the government led by Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, and focused his programme on a budget for reconstruction. He was reappointed as Governor of the Banco de España in 1908.

He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and the Academy of Moral and Political Science.

Elena Serrano García