José de Santiago Concha, 1st Marquess of Casa Concha

José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra, 1st Marquess of Casa Concha (Lima, Peru, October 30, 1667[2] – Lima, Peru, March 11, 1741[3]) was a Spanish politician and Royal Governor of Chile.

José de Santiago Concha
Royal Governor of Chile
In office
December 1716 – 17 December 1717
MonarchPhilip V
Preceded byJuan Andrés de Ustariz
Succeeded byGabriel Cano de Aponte
Personal details
Born(1667-10-30)October 30, 1667
Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru
DiedMarch 11, 1741(1741-03-11) (aged 73–74)
Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru
SpouseÁngela María Roldán Dávila[1]
José de Santiago Concha

He studied at the National University of San Marcos,[4] and then at the University of Salamanca for a Bachelor of Canon Law.[5] He received the title of Knight of the Order of Calatrava due to his noble lineage.[6] He later served as a magistrate in Lima, later serving in a somewhat similar capacity as an oidor in the Real Audiencia of Chile from 1709 to 1710. He then returned to Lima to perform his old duties, until the King named him interim governor of Chile.

Rule in Chile

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Santiago Concha arrived in Chile in Valparaiso on March 5, 1717,[7] and officially took power on the 20th of the same month.[8] He took up a long-standing royal order to found settlements, with the goal of grouping inhabitants in determined areas. Thus, in November he went to the Aconcagua River valley and personally founded the city of Quillota.[9]

In December 1717, he left his temporary post and returned to Lima, where he died a few years later. Philip V granted him the title of Marquis of Casa Concha in 1718 in honor of his service to the crown.

References

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  1. ^ Villena, Guillermo Lohmann (1983). Los regidores perpetuos del Cabildo de Lima (1535-1821): crónica y estudio de un grupo de gestión (in Spanish). Excma. Diputación Provincial de Sevilla. p. 210. ISBN 978-84-500-8600-3. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Revista chilena de historia y geografía (in Spanish). Impr. Universitaria. 2014. p. 261. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  3. ^ Igualt, Vicente Alamos (1979). Linaje de los Alamos y sus alianzas en Chile (in Spanish). V. Alamos Igualt. p. 143. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  4. ^ Mendiburu, Manuel de (1876). Diccionario historico-biografico del Peru (in Spanish). Imprenta de J. Francisco Solis. p. 407. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "José de Santiago Concha y Méndez Salvatierra | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  6. ^ Gay, Claudio (1847). Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile (etc.): Historia ; 3 (in Spanish). Fain y Thunot. p. 413. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  7. ^ Briseño, Ramón (1889). Repertorio de antigüedades chilenas (in Spanish). Imprenta "Gutenberg,". p. 152. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  8. ^ Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario biográfico colonial de Chile (in Spanish). Impr. Elzeviriana. p. 811. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Bobadilla, Domingo Villalobos (1908). Lecciones de historia de Chile (in Spanish). Impr. i encuadernación Barcelona. p. 79. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
Government offices
Preceded by Royal Governor of Chile
1716–1717
Succeeded by