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Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa

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Agustín de Jáuregui
Caballero de Santiago
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Viceroy of Peru
In office
July 20, 1780 – April 29, 1784
Monarch Charles III
Prime Minister The Count of Aranda
Preceded by Manuel de Guirior
Succeeded by Teodoro de Croix
Royal Governor of Chile
In office
March 6, 1772 – July 6, 1780
Monarch Charles III
Prime Minister The Count of Aranda
Preceded by Francisco Javier de Morales
Succeeded by Tomás Álvarez
Personal details
Born (1711-05-17)17 May 1711
Lecároz, Navarre, Spain
Died 29 April 1784(1784-04-29) (aged 72)
Lima, Peru
Spouse(s) María Josefa Aróstegui
Profession Field Marshal

Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa (May 17, 1711 in Lecároz, Navarre, Spain (some sources say 1708) – April 29, 1784 in Lima, Peru) 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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