Governor of Montevideo

The Office of the Governor of Montevideo ( the Gobernación de Montevideo) was shortly after the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 by Ferdinand VI. created by Spain to ensure more effective control of the territory on the left bank of the Rio de la Plata, which had been slammed as a result of the Treaty, Spain. He reported directly to the Spanish king in military terms, but was otherwise continue thus assigned to the de las Provincias Unidas Capitanat and Buenos Aires.

The governors of Montevideo 1751-1814 were:

  • José Joaquín de Viana (March 14, 1751 to April 8, 1764 )
  • Agustín de la Rosa (April 8, 1764 to 1771 )
  • José Joaquín de Viana (1771 to February 1773)
  • Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas ( February 1773 to August 2, 1790)
  • Miguel de Tejada ( transitional ) ( 1790)
  • Antonio de Olaguer y Feliu (1790 to 11 February 1797)
  • José de Bustamante y Guerra (February 11, 1797-1804 )
  • Pascual Ruiz Huidobro (1804 to 3 February 1807)

On February 3, 1807, British troops occupied Montevideo, dismissed Governor Ruiz Huidobro his office and took him prisoner. The British held the city then to 9 September 1807, when it was reconquered by the Spaniards. Immediately thereafter, the Office of the Governor was again busy:

  • Francisco Javier de Elío (9th September 1807-April 1810 )
  • Joaquín de Soria y Santa Cruz ( April-October 1810) and Cristóbal Salvañach
  • ( In contemporary documents also called " bigode " ) Gaspar de Vigodet (7th October 1810 to January 1811 )
  • Francisco Javier de Elío ( January to 18 November 1811) (2nd term )
  • Gaspar de Vigodet (November 18, 1811 to June 23, 1814 ) (2nd term )

On June 23, 1814 Argentine and Uruguayan troops invaded under the leadership of Carlos María de Alvear in Montevideo and ended the Spanish rule over the city. The ensuing revolutionary government of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, the Director Supremo de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, the governor of Montevideo maintained and named the successor:

  • Nicolás Rodríguez Peña ( July-August 1814)
  • Miguel Estanislao Soler ( August 1814-February 1815 )

On February 25, 1815, the Argentine troops José Gervasio Artigas Montevideo, who appointed two seconded governors during his reign over Uruguay on left. These were the last two official holder of this title:

  • Fernando Otorgués ( 26 February to 29 July 1815)
  • Miguel Barreiro (July 29, 1815 to January 20, 1817 )

The Office ended with Portugal's second invasion of Uruguay in July 1816.

Treaty of Madrid (13 January 1750) Río de la Plata Argentina
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