Agustín de Jáuregui
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Don Agustín de Jáuregui Caballero de Santiago |
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| Viceroy of Peru | |
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In office July 20, 1780 – April 29, 1784 |
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| Monarch | Charles III |
| Prime Minister | The Count of Aranda |
| Preceded by | Manuel de Guirior |
| Succeeded by | Teodoro de Croix |
| Royal Governor of Chile | |
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In office March 6, 1772 – July 6, 1780 |
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| Monarch | Charles III |
| Prime Minister | The Count of Aranda |
| Preceded by | Francisco Javier de Morales |
| Succeeded by | Tomás Álvarez |
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17 May 1711 Lecároz, Navarre, Spain |
| Died | 29 April 1784 (aged 72) Lima, Peru |
| Spouse(s) | María Josefa Aróstegui |
| Profession | Field Marshal |
| Religion | Catholic |
Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa (Lecároz, Navarre, Spain, May 17, 1711 (some sources say 1708) – Lima, Peru, April 29, 1784) was a Spanish politician and soldier who served as governor of Chile (1772–80) and viceroy of Peru (1780–84).
Jáuregui was born in Lecároz, the son of Matías de Jáuregui and of his wife, Juana María de Aldecoa.
At the age of 25 he entered the military, serving at Cartagena de Indias (now in Colombia) during the British siege in 1740. He rose to the rank of lieutenant general, and became a knight of the Order of Santiago.
Before his appointment as governor of Chile, he also served in Honduras, Puerto Rico and Cuba. In 1772, while resident in Spain, he was named governor by authority of King Charles III. In October of that year he embarked for Peru with his son Tomás. His wife, a native of Havana whom he had married there, remained in Spain.
Jáuregui was governor of Chile from March 6, 1772 to 1780, during which time he promulgated a number of administrative and governmental reforms. For example, he set up a postal service on April 29, 1775. He oversaw Chile's first census, which established the population at 259,646 inhabitants, in 1778.
In June 1772 he introduced a severe ordinance intended to preserve public order. Individuals could not bear arms in public; theft of animals was to be punished by whipping; shopkeepers who did not close at the proper hour were subject to fines. With the agreement of Bishop Alday, he restricted the right of asylum in churches to only two, Santa Ana and San Isidro.
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