Count of Torre Díaz

The Counts of Torre Díaz (Spanish: Conde de Torre Díaz) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain and granted in 1846 by Isabella II to Don Pedro Juan de Zulueta.

[1] The de Zulueta family is an ancient Catholic Basque family from the Pamplona region of Northern Spain, who trace their genealogical ancestry back at the least by 700 years including participating in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, an important turning point in the Reconquista and the medieval history of Spain.

[2] The hereditary rank and title, Count of Torre Díaz, was conferred on Spanish merchant Don Pedro Juan de Zulueta by Queen Isabella II of Spain in 1846.

[3] The 2nd Count, a chamberlain to the King of Spain and a member of the Senate of Spain until the Revolution in 1868, married Sophie Anne Willcox, daughter of Brodie McGhie Willcox, MP for Southampton, and established the London bank of Zulueta & Co. Sofia Josefa de Zulueta, a daughter of the 2nd Count, married Rafael Carlos Merry del Val and was the mother of Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val.

[4][5] The 5th Count was a Roman Catholic canon who served as rector of Holy Redeemer Church, Chelsea.