Domingo de Basavilbaso

Domingo de Basavilbaso
portrait of Domingo Basavilbaso
Mayor of Buenos Aires
In office
1745–1746
Preceded byFrancisco de Herrera y Loizaga
Succeeded byJuan Martín de Mena
Vice-Mayor of Buenos Aires
In office
1738–1739
Preceded byAlonso del Pozo Vitte
Succeeded byFaustino de Larrea
Procurador General of Buenos Aires
In office
1739–1740
Preceded byCarlos Narváez
Succeeded byMiguel Antonio de Merlo
Administrador General of the Real Renta de Correos
In office
1768–1772
Succeeded byManuel de Basavilbaso
Personal details
Born
Domingo de Basavilbaso y de la Presa

1 September 1709
Bilbao, Spain
Died9 May 1775
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting placeBuenos Aires Cathedral
SpouseMaría Ignacia de Urtubia y Toledo
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1729-1760
RankCaptain
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires
CommandsMilicias de Caballería de Buenos Aires

Domingo de Basavilbaso (1709 – 1775) was a Spanish politician and military, who served during the colonial period of Argentina as alcalde, comandante, procurador and regidor of Buenos Aires.[1] He was the founder of the Basavilbaso family in Buenos Aires, related from the colonial period to the beginning of the 20th century with the main Spanish, Argentine and Uruguayan patrician families.[2]

He took an active part in the expulsion of the Jesuits,[3] and in some military campaigns aimed at containing the indigenous advance in the Province of Buenos Aires.[4] He also had a distinguished career as General Mail Administrator in the Río de la Plata territories, actively participating in the beginnings of the Argentine mail.[5]

  1. ^ Calatrava. Alcantara. Montesa. Carlos III. Malta, Guillermo Lohmann Villena, 1947
  2. ^ Revista histórica, Volumen 2, Impr. Universitaria, 1988, 1929
  3. ^ Coleccion de documentos relativos á la expulsion de los Jesuitas, Francisco Javier Bravo, 1872
  4. ^ Revista chilena de historia y geografía, Volumen 156, Impr. Universitaria, 1988, 1988
  5. ^ Historia de correos y telégrafos de la República Argentina..., Argentina. Correos y Telecomunicaciones, Ramón de Castro Esteves, 1938