José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquis of Havana

Don José Gutiérrez de la Concha y Irigoyen ( born June 4, 1810 in Córdoba de Tucumán, Argentina today, † November 5, 1895 in Madrid) was a Spanish general and since 1857 the Marquis of Havana.

He served first in America, then in the war against the Carlists. After the Treaty of Vergara 1839 he was lieutenant-general, was 1843-1846 Captain-General of the Basque provinces, suppressed in this position, the collection of Santiago and was appointed as supreme chief of the Spanish cavalry.

In 1849 he was captain general of the island of Cuba, but dismissed due to the incidence of the troops independence -oriented adventurer Narciso López in 1852 and replaced by General Valentín Canedo Miranda. This led him into the ranks of the opposition. Exiled in 1853 to Mallorca, he fled as his brother Manuel, France and was interned in Bordeaux.

The Revolution of 1854 led him back to Spain and gave him back the post of Captain-General of Cuba, a position he held until 1859. Then he took zealous share in the meetings of the Senate and made ​​itself felt as a parliamentary orator. In July 1862 he took over at the point Alejandro Mons the embassy posts in Paris, but resigned in December of the same, because he thought he was embarrassed by the appearance of General Prim in Mexico, went to Madrid and fought in the Senate, the Mexican policy of the Ministry.

In March 1863, he resigned as Minister of War in the Cabinet of the Marqués de Miraflores one, held on an interim basis the newly-created Ministry of Ultramar and was built in December 1864 President of the Senate. At the outbreak of the Revolution September 1868, he was following the resignation of Luis González Bravo twelve days (from 18 to 29 September ) Spanish Prime Minister, but he could not save the throne of Isabella II.

During the reign of Amadeo of Savoy and the First Republic, he joined the alfonsistischen party and was from April 1874 to May 1875 again Captain General of Cuba. He then retired from public life, but he was appointed to the Senate President in 1882 and 1883 as commander of the Army of the North of Spain. 1886 Gutiérrez de la Concha was re-elected President of the Spanish Senate.

José Gutiérrez de la Concha died on 5 November 1895 in Madrid.