Claudio López, 2nd Marquess of Comillas
Spanish businessman (1853–1925)
Claudio Bru López, 2nd Marquess of Comillas, GE (14 May 1853 – 18 April 1925), was a Spanish peer, businessman, and immensely rich shipping magnate and landowner. He inherited the companies his father Antonio L. Lopez had founded.
For thirty years, from 1895 to 1925, the Marquess of Comillas dominated Catholic policy-making on labour relations.
Comillas sponsored Antoni Gaudí's trip to Tangier and Tétouan in 1892, where the architect was inspired by Franciscan José María Lerchundi to design a complex for Catholic Missions in Tangier. The project was never realized but was a source of inspiration for Gaudí's lifelong endeavor the Sagrada Família.
Biography
Claudio Bru López was born in Barcelona on 14 May 1853. He was the fourth son of Antonio López López — the founder and owner of Compañía Transatlántica Española and Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas — and Catalan lady Luisa Bru Lassús.
He studied law at Barcelona University. In 1883, following his father's death, he inherited the title "Marquess of Comillas". Barely in his thirties, he ran all the companies his father had started, foremost of which were Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas and Ferrocarriles del Norte.
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