[3] He studied medicine, but he is best known for being a politician and a wide-ranging artist, standing out especially as a sculptor, winning various mentions in Fine Arts Exhibitions.

[6] In 1893, his mother gave him the title of Marquis of Tovar, which his friend King Alfonso XIII converted into a Duchy of Spain in 1906.

[1] He was succeeded by his son: Ignacio de Figueroa y Bermejillo (1892–1953), the second Duke of Tovar and a Great Gentleman of Spain with exercise and servitude of King Alfonso XIII.

[1] A disciple of the sculptor Agustín Querol,[3][4] Figueroa presented a portrait of his father in a marble bust to the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of 1895, for which he was awarded an honorable mention.

[3][4] He also stood out as a playwright, translating several successful works, such as those of Pierre Loti, and being for many years a royal commissioner, equivalent to director, at the Teatro Real.

[4] Figueroa was also an enterprising businessman; In 1918 he made an important renovation on his agricultural estate Villa Cumbre, in San Sebastián, which in 2003 was declared an asset of cultural interest.