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Cánovas del Castillo, Antonio 1828-97
Spanish politician and historian

A Conservative, he became a member of the Cortes in 1854, and was premier (1875-81, 1884-85, 1890-92, 1895-97). He was the architect of the oligarchical Restoration System, which survived until the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera (1923-30). He was shot by an anarchist.