Juan Francisco Machado

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Juan Francisco Machado (* in the 18th century) was governor of the Spanish colony of Trinidad from 1781 to 1784 .

Governorship

In the late 18th century, the Spanish colony of Trinidad was administratively under the management of Caracas . Machado's predecessor as military governor, Rafael Delgado , was dismissed by artistic director José de Abalos in a political affair for incompetence. On March 31, 1781, Machado was appointed his successor. During his tenure, Delgado was in constant dispute over responsibilities with the civil governor Martín de Salaverría , a state that continued seamlessly during Machado's brief tenure. In October 1783, de Salaverría's term of office ended, and with José María Chacón a new governor was appointed, who was to hold the offices of civil and military governor for the first time since 1779. Since Chacón first had to travel from Spain to Trinidad, where he did not arrive until August 1784, Machado was temporarily appointed civil governor on October 18, 1783. In January 1784 (according to other sources in June 1784) Machado was dismissed by the then incumbent Intendant Francisco Saavedra and Antonio Barreto was installed as governor of Trinidad in his place. Machado protested in vain against his removal.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Francisco Morales Padrón: Spanish Trinidad . Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston / Miami 2012, ISBN 978-976-637-616-1 , pp. 160 .
  2. ^ Caribbean History Archives: The Code Noir. Retrieved December 28, 2015 .
  3. ^ Pierre Gustave Louis Borde: The History of the Island of Trinidad under the Spanish Government . Paria Publishing, Port of Spain 1982, pp. 207 .
personal data
SURNAME Machado, Juan Francisco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish governor of Trinidad
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century or 19th century