Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga

Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga
Royal Governor of Panama
In office
June 25, 1758  October 13, 1761
Monarch Ferdinand VI
Preceded by Manuel de Montiano
Succeeded by José Roan
Royal Governor of Chile
In office
October 3, 1762  August 24, 1768
Monarch Charles III
Preceded by Félix de Berroeta
Succeeded by Juan de Balmaseda
Personal details
Born Spain
Died August 24, 1768
Santiago, Chile
Religion Catholic

Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga (died August 24, 1768) was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of Panama and Royal Governor of Chile.

Arauco War

Governor Guill y Gonzaga celebrated the "Parliament of Nacimiento" with the Mapuches in 1764, where he tried to impose his scheme to make them live in towns. This provoked the Mapuche Uprising of 1766 under the command of the toqui Curiñancu, which lasted until Agustín de Jáuregui made a peace in 1774.

In addition he was ordered to carry out the expulsion of the Jesuits on August 27, 1767 from Chile.

During his government, he declared Talcahuano as a “Port of registry". In 1765 he founded the Villa San Luis Gonzaga de Rere and Tucapel Nuevo, the following year San Carlos de Yumbel was founded, all of them in the region of Concepcion. On Chiloé, San Carlos de Chonchi was founded in 1767 and San Carlos de Ancud in 1768.[1]

He died in Santiago on August 24, 1768. He was succeaded by Juan de Balmaseda y Censano Beltrán as the interim governor.

See also

Notes

  1. Gabriel Guarda (1978). El Auge Fundacional. Historia urbana del Reino de Chile (The Foundational Drive. Urban History of the Kingdom of Chile). Chile.

Sources


Government offices
Preceded by
Manuel de Montiano
Royal Governor of Panama
1758-1761
Succeeded by
José Roan
Preceded by
Félix de Berroeta
Royal Governor of Chile
1762-1768
Succeeded by
Juan de Balmaseda