José de Santiago Concha

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Monument to José de Santiago Conchas in Quillota .

José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra (* 1667 ; † May 9, 1741 in Lima , Peru ) was a Spanish lawyer and judge who served temporarily as governor of Chile in 1716/1717 .

Life

Careers in Justice

Santiago Concha studied law in Salamanca and was Alcalde del Crimen (criminal judge) in Lima from 1692 . After thirteen years, he was appointed Oidor at the Real Audiencia of Chile in 1705 .

Term of office as governor

By decree of December 31, 1716, the Viceroy of Peru Carmine Nicolao Caracciolo determined the removal of Governor Juan Andrés de Ustariz de Vertizberea . Until the arrival of the new representative of the Spanish crown, Gabriel Cano de Aponte , Santiago Concha held the post of Chilean governor.

He took office on March 5, 1717 in Valparaíso . His brief tenure included, on the one hand, the continued fight against smuggling by the Dutch and French on the Chilean coasts. In addition, he had to cope with the public scandal in the dismissal of his predecessor. After he had given up his office in December to his successor Cano, he traveled to Peru; there he died on May 9, 1741.

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SURNAME Santiago Concha, José de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santiago Concha y Salvatierra, José de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Chile
DATE OF BIRTH 1667
PLACE OF BIRTH Spain
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1741
Place of death Lima , Peru