Francisco Sánchez de la Barreda y Vera. (died January or February 1738) was a

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attorney and colonial administrator. Being the oldest member of the Real Audiencia of Chile made him become

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when

Gabriel Cano Gabriel Cano de Aponte (or Gabriel Cano y Aponte) was a Spanish soldier who served as Royal Governor of Chile from 1717 to 1733. His administration was the longest of all Colonial Governors and the second longest in the history of Chile after the ...

died. He was a governor between November 1733 and May 1734.

Biography

Francisco was born and died in

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. He studied to become a Doctor of Law. He lived for one year in

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, in 1712. His house was one of the few which survived the

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in Santiago 8 July 1730 and he lodged the Augustine nuns, who had been affected by the earthquake. He was engaged to a woman named Isabel Espinoza with whom he had a son called Domingo. Domingo would become a priest and chaplain of the Royal Audience of Santiago.

Government

According to historian

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the government of Barreda was as short and irrelevant. During his government the cabildo of Santiago sent a request to the

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to have Mauricio de Zavala confirmed as governor of Barreda until the arrival of titular governor Bruno, who had to arrive to Chile through

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. Zavala would never have this position. The news about some Dutch ships which had cast anchor in the neighborhoods of

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spread and they arrived to governor Barreda. He sent 200 men to avoid a disembarkation and to avoid possible smugglings. He inaugurated the ''Caja de Recogidas'', a work begun by

, in Santiago. This institution worked as an asylum and jail of women at the same time. The government of Barreda ended when the viceroy

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, ''Marquis of Castelfuerte'', decided not to confirm him and instead appointed as governor a member of the army, the

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of the army in Chile, Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca Cano.

Legacy

After his death, his family became poor. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez de la Barreda, Francisco 1738 deaths Politicians from Santiago, Chile Royal governors of Chile Year of birth missing