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So under the governorship in the Philippines of Don Jose Basco y Vargas, two Dominicans and an assortment of government officials and functionaries headed by a governor were sent to Batanes. On 26 June 1783 the islands were officially made part of the Philippines. It did not take long before the true economic potential of the islands be-came ...
Apr 7, 2011 · 25 Jose Basco y Vargas (July 1778-November 1787) a naval officer from an illustrious Granada family, was resented by the majority of the Manila Audiencia for being without royal titles and decoration. Their petition to have him recalled having failed, they set about obstructing his rule.
- Count of Aviles and Viscount of Jala-Jala
- Count of The Conquest of The Batanes Islands
- El Conde Filipino
- Count of Manila
- Marquis of Camarines
- Count of Jolo and Viscount of Mindanao
- Count of Albay
In 1761, Charles III ennobled the first Filipino insulare, the Manila-born Don Jose Fructuoso de Aviles y Maon. He was made the Count of Aviles and Viscount of San Miguel de Jala-Jala when he was 11 years old to honor his father’s services. His father was a gentleman from Aviles, Spain, and Don Jose, as the heir, became a viscount, owing to their o...
Share On June 5, 1789, Governor-General Jose Basco y Vargaswas granted the title of Count of the Conquest of the Batanes Islands by King Charles IV, as well as the viscountship of San Ildefonso for his pacification of Batanes and his energetic leadership as governor-general. He was also a friend of the Count of Aviles and became a knight of Santiag...
Don Luis Rodriguez Varela was one of the first Filipino nationalists, at a time when “Filipino” meant “Spaniards born in the Philippines.”Nevertheless, he wanted nothing more than the best for the Philippines, and so he advocated for the opening of local colleges and schools for the poor and worked to limit foreign, specifically Chinese influence, ...
Share Governor-General Narciso Claveria y Zalduais best known for reforming the system of surnames for Filipinos, ensuring all Filipinos had surnames of their own. This was not, however, the reason why he became the Count of Manila. Claveria was awarded the Count of Manila and the Viscount of Claveria by Queen Isabella II for his successful militar...
When Amadeo I of Savoy was appointed King of Spain after a revolution, he had few friends in the Spanish nobility. He was a foreigner and his supporters in the military were dropping like flies. Because he couldn’t be friends with the nobles, he just made new ones. On April 1872 he elevated Don Manuel Alvarez de Estradafrom alcalde mayor of the pro...
Share Governor-General Jose Malcampo y Monge was a distinguished man. He was an admiral and served as King Amadeo’s prime minister, before becoming governor-general of the Philippines. As governor-general, he managed to wrest control of Jolo away from the Sulu Sultanate, and for that, he was granted the title of Count of Jolo and Viscount of Mindan...
Share The last Spaniard in the Philippines to be elevated to peerage was Don Pedro Govantes y Azcarraga. Born in Manila on 1853, his father was the alcalde mayor of Albay and an adviser to the governor-general. Don Pedro became a lawyer and representative to the Spanish Cortes, even fraternizing with the ilustrados in Madrid and assisting in the ma...
The company together with Sociedad Económica de Amigos del Pais (Economic Societies of Friends of the Country) established in 1781, were two of the most important events during the coming of Governor General José de Basco y Vargas which marked a new era in the economic history of the country.
Apr 21, 2017 · But there was no direct trade with Spain until the establishement by Governor General Jose Basco y Vargas of a Royal Company of the Philippines (Real Compania de Filipinas) in 1785, which was strongly opposed by galleon traders. This company, due to mismanagement and corruption, was never as successful as its Dutch, English or French ...
Mar 20, 2010 · Those interventions would come in the form of the innovative Basque Governor-General Jose Basco y Vargas, the Real Compania de Filipinas (Royal Company of the Philippines) and the few but...
José Basco y Vargas (Ronda, 1733-1805) fue un militar español, gobernador y capitán general de las Islas Filipinas. Brigadier de la Real Armada, conquistó para la Corona Española el archipiélago de las islas Batanes, circunstancia que, junto con su brillante actuación durante el ejercicio de sus funciones (1776-1787) entre otros ...
