Joaquín Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta (22 April 1808 – 11 March 1899) was a Spanish politician and businessman.

Born in Llerena on 22 April 1808,[1] the only son of Luis Figueroa y Casaus (an afrancesado who moved to Marseille after May 1808 and made a considerable fortune investing in mining companies dedicated to lead extraction in Andalusia)[2] and Luisa Mendieta.

[4] He received an education in Paris, and, after working for a time as the representative of the interests of his father in Spain, he settled in Madrid in 1845.

[10] Following the Bourbon Restoration, he was elected member of the Congress in the first election that took place in the new regime in 1876, in representation of Guadalajara; appointed as Senator he renounced to his deputy seat in 1877.

[1][9] He was the father of Francisca de Paula,[12] José,[13] Álvaro (the Count of Romanones), Gonzalo[13] and Rodrigo, spawning one of the most influential families in Spain during the Restoration period.