Domingo de Basavilbaso

Domingo de Basavilbaso
portrait of Domingo Basavilbaso
Alcalde of Buenos Aires
In office
1745–1746
Monarch Philip V
Preceded by Francisco de Herrera y Loizaga
Succeeded by Juan Martín de Mena
Personal details
Born September 1, 1709
Bilbao, Spain
Died May 9, 1775
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting place Buenos Aires Cathedral
Occupation Government
Merchant
Profession Attorney
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Spain
Service/branch Spanish Army
Rank Captain

Domingo de Basavilbaso (1709-1775) was a Spanish nobleman.[1] He was the founder of mail in Argentina,[2] where he also served as Alcalde and Captain of the Militias of Cavalry of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Peru.[3]

Biography

Basavilbaso was born in Llodio (Spain), son of Domingo de Basavilbaso and María Rosa de la Presa, belonging to the Basque nobility.[4] He arrived at the port of Buenos Aires from Montevideo, establishing itself in the city of Buenos Aires around the year 1729, where it was dedicated to the commerce.[5]

In 1736, Domingo de Basavilbaso was elected alcalde in first vote of the City of Buenos Aires.[6] Later he served as a syndic and was regidor of the Cabildo.[7] In 1748, Basavilbaso established the mail between Buenos Aires and Potosí, being his general administrator until 1772. He had created a system of posts, which linked Buenos Aires with Mendoza and Santiago de Chile, to the west; Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, the northern provinces and Upper Peru. And was also involved in the organization of the Maritime Post in 1767.[8]

In 1745, Basavilbaso was elected alcalde in first vote by the Cabildo of Buenos Aires.[9] being in charge of organizing an expedition against the Pampas Indians, that had invaded the borders of jurisdiction of Buenos Aires Province. In these expeditions it was possible to capture the cacique Calelián.[10]

In 1751 Basavilbaso made several trips to San Julián, being one of the few Spaniards who explored Patagonia in the 18th century.[11]

The luxurious residence of the Basavilbaso family was located in the current streets Belgrano between Calle Balcarce and Paseo Colón (neighborhood of Santo Domingo).[12] In his house, Domingo de Basavilbaso hosted important political figures of the time as José Joaquín de Viana[13] and Ambrosio O'Higgins, personal friend of the Basavilbaso family.[14]

Domingo de Basavilbaso also held the position of Alférez Real twice, in 1738 and 1745.[15]

Family

On February 20, 1730, Domingo de Basavilbaso was married in the Buenos Aires Cathedral to María Ignacia de Urtubia Toledo (born in the city), daughter of José de Urtubia Enríquez, born in Navarre and María de Toledo Ojeda (born in the city).[16] Basavilbaso and his wife were the parents of prominent personalities of Buenos Aires (Francisco Antonio Basavilbaso, husband María Aurelia Ross,[17] Manuel Basavilbaso, husband Rosa Maciel and Francisca de Garfías,[18] María Gabriela Basavilbaso abbess in 1779,[19] María Rosa Basavilbaso, wife Vicente de Azcuénaga, and mother of Miguel de Azcuénaga.[20] María Victoria Basavilbaso (1743), married Domingo Ignacio Urien, born in Biscay,[21] Rafaela Basavilbaso, wife José Ignacio Merlo.[22] and María Paula Basavilbaso, who was married to Francisco Mariano Mendizaga, a silversmith, born in 1752 in Buenos Aires).[23]

Domingo de Basavilbaso was grandfather of Ana de Azcuénaga de Olaguer Feliú, who was married to Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú (Viceroy of Río de la Plata).[24] His son, Manuel de Basavilbaso Urtubia was awarded as Knight of the Royal Order of Charles III.[25]

References

  1. ↑ Los americanos en las órdenes nobiliarias, Guillermo Lohmann Villena
  2. ↑ Historia de correos y telégrafos de la República Argentina...:, Argentina. Correos y Telecomunicaciones, Ramón de Castro Esteves
  3. ↑ Calatrava. Alcantara. Montesa. Carlos III. Malta, Guillermo Lohmann Villena
  4. ↑ Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino, Institución Mitre
  5. ↑ Revista Chilena de historia y geografía, Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía
  6. ↑ Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Económicas, Academia Nacional de Ciencias Económicas
  7. ↑ Dote matrimonial y redes de poder en el antiguo régimen en Espan̋a e Hispanoamérica, Nora Siegrist de Gentile, Samudio Azpúrua Samudio A.
  8. ↑ Historia social y cultural del Río de la Plata, 1536-1810:, Guillermo Fúrlong Cárdiff
  9. ↑ Buenos Aires--historia de las calles y sus nombres, Vicente Osvaldo Cutolo
  10. ↑ Historia de los medios de communicación y transporte en la República Argentina, Ramón José Cárcano
  11. ↑ Congreso de Historia Argentina y Regional, Volume 1, Academia Nacional de la Historia
  12. ↑ Período colonial, Ricardo Levene
  13. ↑ Historia de la Argentina, Volumen 3, Vicente D. Sierra
  14. ↑ Los origenes del correo terrestre en Chile, Imprenta Universitaria
  15. ↑ Revista Chilena de historia y geografía, Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía
  16. ↑ Presencia alavesa en América y Filipinas (1700-1825), Ángel Martínez Salazar
  17. ↑ Hernandarias: el hijo de la tierra, Raúl A. Molina
  18. ↑ Los directores del correo argentino:, Talleres gráficos de Correos y telecomunicaciones
  19. ↑ Crónica histórica de la venerable Orden Tercera de San Francisco en la Républica Argentina, Enrique Udaondo
  20. ↑ Archivum: revista de la Junta de Historia Eclesiástica Argentina, Junta de historia eclesiatica Argentina
  21. ↑ Diáspora vasca, William A. Douglass
  22. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Volume 9, República Argentina
  23. ↑ Anales, Issues 7-9, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas
  24. ↑ El río de la sangre:, Alfredo Vitón
  25. ↑ Notas biográficas publicadas en la sección Efemérides americanas de "La Nación": en los años 1907-1909, José Arturo Scotto
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