Ignacio Bauer

Ignacio Salomón Bauer (1828–1895) was a Hungarian-born Spanish banker of Jewish descent. He was an agent of Rothschild banking house in Madrid, taking over from Daniel Weisweiller in 1853.^[1]

Born1828

Budapest, Hungary

Died1895 (aged 66–67)

Madrid, Spain

Spouse

Ida Morpurgo

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(m. 1864)​

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Ignacio S. Bauer
Ignacio Bauer in La Ilustración Española y Americana
Born	1828 Budapest, Hungary
Died	1895 (aged 66–67) Madrid, Spain
Spouse	Ida Morpurgo ​ (m. 1864)​

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In a marriage arranged by James Mayer de Rothschild, he married Ida Morpurgo, daughter of Rothschild's agent in Triest, and later bought the Palacio Bauer as family residence.^[2]

The character of Daniel Morton in Benito Pérez Galdós' Gloria (1877) was based on Bauer.