Manuel Basavilbaso Urtubia

Manuel de Basavilbaso y Urtubia
Alcalde of 2nd vote of Buenos Aires
In office 1767–1768
Monarch	Charles III Charles IV
Preceded by	Marcos José de Riglos
Succeeded by	Martín de Sarratea
Personal details
Born	Manuel Justo de Basavilbaso y Urtubia May 28, 1739 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died	June 9, 1794 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata
Resting place	Buenos Aires Cathedral
Nationality	Spain
Occupation	Government Merchant
Profession	lawyer
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Manuel de Basavilbaso Urtubia (1739-1794) was a Spanish nobleman, Knight of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles III.^[1] He served as Merchant, Alcalde,^[2] Regidor and Attorney General of the city of Buenos Aires.^[3] And was the second General Administrator of the Royal Post Office of Río de la Plata.^[4]

Biography

Basavilbaso was born in Buenos Aires, son of Domingo de Basavilbaso and María Ignacia de Urtubia, belonging to a noble family of Basque and Creole roots.^[5] He was married two times, first to Rosa Maciel y Lacoizqueta, daughter of Rosa de Lacoizqueta and Manuel Maciel, a rich man descendant of Manuel Cabral de Melo.^[6] His second wife was Francisca de Garfias y Giles, daughter of Agustín de Garfias and Antonia Giles,^[7] with whom he had two children, Manuel Basavilbaso Garfias and Justa Rufina Basavilbaso Garfias, who was married to her relative Miguel de Azcuénaga Basavilbaso.^[8]

The public life of Domingo Basavilbaso began in January 1767, when he was elected alcalde in second vote by the Cabildo of Buenos Aires.^[9] During the years 1767, 1772 and 1773 he was reelected successively like Síndico Procurador (Procurator General) of Buenos Aires, position from which it developed an intense activity in the Río de la Plata.^[10] Among the public works that were in his charge are included the project of a public university in Buenos Aires,^[11] the creation of the Asiento de Carnes y Panaderos, who was dedicated to the supply of meat and bread in the city.^[12] And the realization of the pavement (cobblestone) of the streets.^[13] He was also involved in the construction of a dock in the city of Buenos Aires.^[14]

On July 2, 1767, the Government of Buenos Aires received the secret order of Spain for the expulsion of the Jesuits. Domingo de Basavilbaso and Manuel Basavilbaso were in charge of a company of grenadiers, participating in the expulsion of the Jesuit fathers and in the confiscation of their property.^[15]

Basavilbaso's began his career in the Real Renta de Correos around mid-1767, appointed on an interim basis as administrator of the Correo Maritimo.^[16] By recommendation of his father to the Jerónimo Grimaldi, General Superintendent of Posts and Post Offices, Manuel Basavilbaso was appointed as Director of the Real Renta del Correo of Buenos Aires, in substitution of his father Domingo Basavilbaso.^[17]

The Basavilbaso family maintained a conflictive relationship with the Accountant of the Real Renta de Correos, Don Cayetano Badan,^[18] who had served as Administrator of the mail in New Orleans.^[19]

Manuel de Basabilbaso was also dedicated himself to the commerce and administration of his farms in the San Isidro and the Banda Oriental. And was the owner of a soap factory and brewery in Retiro, Buenos Aires.^[20]

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External links

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