[6][7] He combined all this political activity with an intense dedication to big business, through the firms of the Figueroa house, participating, among others, in the mining and electrical industries,[1] and even in banking, as he was one of the founders of the Banco Español de Crédito (now Banesto).

[8] Among his noble titles, he held those of Viscount of Irueste, Count of Mejorada del Campo, Marquis of Villamejor and Duke of Las Torres, the latter granted on 4 April 1907.

[9] With the arrival of the Government of his brother Álvaro, who served as Prime Minister three times between 1912 and 1918, he managed to create the Spanish Olympic Committee on 23 November 1912, of which he was president until his death.

[1] After having contributed to the support of the schools of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Guadix (1902), he favored the academies of the Teresian Association, of whose first patronage he accepted to be president (1918-1921).

[1] When his health began to deteriorate, he moved to Switzerland to rest, accompanied by his wife, María Manuela O'Neill y Salamanca, whom he had married in Madrid, on 8 September 1892, and their minor daughters.