Francisco de Paula Bucareli y Ursúa (sometimes Bucarelli) (Seville, 18 September 1708 - Pamplona, April 1780) was a Spanish noble,
Governor of the Rio de la Plata (1766–1770) and
Viceroy of Navarre (1773-1780).
Biography
Youth
He was the fourth son of a family of Seville nobility. His faher was Luis José Bucareli y Henestrosa (1675-1740), second Marquis of Vallehermoso, and his mother was Ana de Ursúa y Lasso de la Vega (1686-1759), fourth Countess of Gerena. One of his brothers was
Antonio María de Bucareli, Governor of
Cuba
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, and
Viceroy of New Spain.
As Governor of Navarra, he had dealings with the
Jesuits
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.
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Eviction of the Jesuits from Rio de la Plata
In December 1765, he was named Governor of the Rio de la Plata, based in Buenos Aires
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, where he arrived in August 1766. Beforehand, the Esquilache Riots had taken place in Madrid, which were blamed on the Jesuits. King Charles III decided to expel the Jesuits from his Empire and gave instructions to Bucareli directly before his departure, to expel the Jesuits from the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. He had to pass the order to the Governor of Chile
The royal governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonial administrative district called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the royal governor also held the title of a captain general. There w ...
, the Audiencia of Charcas and the Viceroyalty of Peru
The Viceroyalty of Peru (), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru (), was a Monarchy of Spain, Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in ...
for them to do likewise.Uruguay River
The Uruguay River ( ; ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countr ...
with 1,500 soldiers. He arrived in El Salto on 16 June 1768, from where he dismantled the 33 Jesuit missions among the Guaraní, detained the Jesuit priests, sent them to Buenos Aires, and from there to Spain.
Falkland Crisis
In 1770, Bucareli sailed to the Falkland Islands
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with five ships of war to evicted the British from Port Egmont. King Charles III condemned his actions and Port Egmont was returned to the British.
Viceroy of Navarre
Bucareli's position in Rio de la Plata had become untenable and he was recalled to Spain. He spent some time in the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in Italy, until 23 February 1773, when he was named Viceroy of Navarre. He took up his office in the Palace of Olite and remained Viceroy until his death in 1780.
References
Bibliography
*{{cite book , last1=Jackson , first1=Robert H. , title=A Visual Catalog of Jesuit Missions in Spanish America
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Viceroys of Navarre
18th-century Spanish nobility
1708 births
1780 deaths
Governors of the Río de la Plata