List of viceroys of New Granada

Viceroy of New Granada
Viceroy of New Granada
	Coat of arms of Colonial-era Bogotá
	Flag of Spain
Appointer	King of Spain
Formation	1718
First holder	Antonio Ignacio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero
Final holder	Juan de la Cruz Mourgeón
Abolished	1821

Spanish viceroys of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1819) located in northern South America.

Introduction

The former territory within the Viceroyalty of New Granada corresponds to present day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. It also encompassed areas of present-day Guyana, southwestern Suriname, northwestern Brazil, northern Peru, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.

From the initial Spanish colonization of northern South American in the 1540s to the Viceroyalty of New Granada's establishment in 1718, the territories were governed by the Viceroyalty of Peru (1542–1824). They included the included smaller colonial Audiencia Real of Bogotá and New Kingdom of Granada. In 1777 the provinces of Venezuela were assigned to the new colonial Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777–1821), governed by Captains General.

The territories of the viceroyalty gained independence from Spain between 1819 and 1822 after a series of military and political struggles, uniting in the republic of Gran Colombia (1821–1831).

Viceroys

No.	Viceroy	From	Until	Secretary of Indies^[1]	Secertary of the Universal Bureau First Secretary of State	Monarch
1	Antonio Ignacio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero*	13 June 1718	25 November 1719	No secretary	José de Grimaldo^[2]	Philip V
1	Antonio Ignacio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero*	13 June 1718	25 November 1719	Miguel Fernández Durán^[3]
2	Jorge de Villalonga**	25 November 1719	11 May 1724	Miguel Fernández Durán^[3]
				Andres Matías de Pes Marzaraga^[3]
				No secretary
				Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño^[3]
					Juan Bautista de Orendáin^[2]	Luis I
No viceroy^[4]						Luis I
						Philip V
					José de Grimaldo^[2]
					Baron Ripperda^[2]
				José de Patiño y Rosales^[3]	Baron Ripperda^[2]
					José de Grimaldo^[2]
					Juan Bautista de Orendáin^[2]
					José de Patiño y Rosales^[5]
				Mateo Pablo Díaz de Lavandero^[3]	Marquess of Villarías^[5]
				Marquess of Villarías^[3]
3	Sebastián de Eslava	24 April 1740	6 November 1749	Marquess of Villarías^[3]
				Marquess of Ensenada^[3]
					José de Carvajal^[5]
						Ferdinand VI
4	José Alfonso Pizarro	6 November 1749	24 November 1753
5	José Solís Folch de Cardona	24 November 1753	25 February 1761
					Duke of Huéscar (Interim)^[5]
					Ricardo Wall^[5]
				Ricardo Wall (Interim)^[6]
				Julián de Arriaga y Ribera^[6]
						Charles III
6	Pedro Messía de la Cerda	25 February 1761	31 October 1772
6	Pedro Messía de la Cerda	25 February 1761	31 October 1772		Jerónimo Grimaldi^[5]
7	Manuel de Guirior	31 October 1772	17 July 1776
7	Manuel de Guirior	31 October 1772	17 July 1776	Marquess of Sonora^[6]
8	Manuel Antonio Flórez	17 July 1776	26 November 1781
8	Manuel Antonio Flórez	17 July 1776	26 November 1781		Count of Floridablanca^[5]
–	Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá	26 November 1781	1 April 1782
9	Juan de Torrezar Díaz Pimienta	1 April 1782	11 June 1782
10	Antonio Caballero y Góngora	11 June 1782	June 1789
				Count of Floridablanca (Interim)^[6]
				Antonio Porlier^[7] Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán^[8]
11	Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos	June 1789	4 March 1790
11	Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos	June 1789	4 March 1790			Charles IV
12	José Manuel de Ezpeleta	4 March 1790	1 January 1797
				No secretary (affairs of Indies distributed among different secretariats)	Count of Aranda (Interim)^[5]
					Manuel Godoy^[5]
13	Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz	1 January 1797	16 September 1803		Manuel Godoy^[5]
					Francisco de Saavedra^[5]
					Mariano Luis de Urquijo^[5]
					Pedro Cevallos Guerra^[5]
14	Antonio José Amar y Borbón^[9]	16 September 1803	20 July 1810		Pedro Cevallos Guerra^[5]
					Gonzalo O'Farril^[5]
					Pedro Cevallos Guerra^[5]	Ferdinand VII
					Martín Garay Perales (Interim)^[5]
					Eusebio Bardají y Azara^[5]
					Pedro Rivero (Interim)^[5]
					Francisco Saavedra^[5]
					Nicolás Ambrosio Garro y Arizcun (Interim)^[5]
–	Francisco Javier Venegas**^[9]	20 July 1810	21 March 1812		Nicolás Ambrosio Garro y Arizcun (Interim)^[5]
–	Francisco Javier Venegas**^[9]	20 July 1810	21 March 1812		José García de León y Pizarro (Interim)^[5]
15	Benito Pérez Brito^[9]	21 March 1812	November 1812		José García de León y Pizarro (Interim)^[5]
					Ignacio de la Pezuela (Interim)^[5]
				Ciriaco González Carvajal (Interim)^[10]	Carlos Martínez de Irujo^[5]
				Ciriaco González Carvajal (Interim)^[10]	Pedro Gómez Labrador^[5]
				José Limonta (Interim)^[10]
No viceroy
					Antonio Cano Ramírez de Arellano (Interim)^[5]
				Manuel Antonio de la Bodega y Mollinedo^[10]	Antonio Cano Ramírez de Arellano (Interim)^[5]
				Manuel Antonio de la Bodega y Mollinedo^[10]	Juan O'Donojú (Interim)^[5]
				Miguel de Lardizabal^[11]	José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas^[5]
				No secretary	José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas^[5]
					Pedro Cevallos Guerra^[5]
					Juan Estebán Lozano de Torres^[5]
					Pedro Cevallos Guerra^[5]
16	Francisco Montalvo y Ambulodi	16 April 1816	9 March 1818		Pedro Cevallos Guerra^[5]
16	Francisco Montalvo y Ambulodi	16 April 1816	9 March 1818		José García de León^[5]
17	Juan José de Sámano y Uribarri	9 March 1818	9 August 1819		José García de León^[5]
					Carlos Martínez de Irujo (Interim)^[5]
					Manuel González Salmón (Interim)^[5]
–	Juan de la Cruz Mourgeón	1819	1821		Manuel González Salmón (Interim)^[5]
					Joaquín José Melgarejo^[5]
				Antonio González Salmón (Interim)^[10]	Joaquín José Melgarejo^[5]
				Antonio González Salmón (Interim)^[10]	Juan Jabat Aztal^[5]
				Antonio Porcel Román^[10]	Juan Jabat Aztal^[5]
				Antonio Porcel Román^[10]	Evaristo Pérez de Castro^[5]
				Ramón Gil de la Cuadra^[10]	Evaristo Pérez de Castro^[5]
				Antonio de Guilleman (Interim)^[10]	Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca (Interim)^[5]
				Antonio de Guilleman (Interim)^[10]	Francisco de Paula Escudero (Interim)^[5]
				Ramón Olaguer Feliú^[10]	Francisco de Paula Escudero (Interim)^[5]
				Ramón Olaguer Feliú^[10]	Eusebio Bardají y Azara^[5]
				Ramón López Pelegrín^[10]	Eusebio Bardají y Azara^[5]

*Acting viceroy (without the formal title)

**He was named to the post but did not formally occupy it.

References

^ Depending secretariat of the colony
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f As Secretary of the Universal Bureau
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g As Secretary of State for the Navy and the Indies of Spain
^ In 1723, the Viceroyalty was dissolved. Its government returned to the Presidency of the New Kingdom of Granada, part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, until the reestablishment of the separate viceroyalty in 1739.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al As First Secretary of State
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d As Secretary of State for Indies
^ As Secretary of State for Grace and Justice of Indies
^ As Secretary of State for War, Treasury, Commerce and Navigation of Indies
^ ^a ^b ^c Loyal to Ferdinand VII during the Spanish War of Independence
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ As Secretary of State for Overseas Governance of Spain
^ As Secretary of State for Overseas Governance and form 28 June 1814 until 18 September 1815 as Secretary of State for Indies

[1] Depending secretariat of the colony

[:3-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f As Secretary of the Universal Bureau

[:4-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g As Secretary of State for the Navy and the Indies of Spain

[4] In 1723, the Viceroyalty was dissolved. Its government returned to the Presidency of the New Kingdom of Granada, part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, until the reestablishment of the separate viceroyalty in 1739.

[:37-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al As First Secretary of State

[:5-6] As Secretary of State for Indies

[7] As Secretary of State for Grace and Justice of Indies

[8] As Secretary of State for War, Treasury, Commerce and Navigation of Indies

[:0-9] Loyal to Ferdinand VII during the Spanish War of Independence

[:6-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ As Secretary of State for Overseas Governance of Spain

[11] As Secretary of State for Overseas Governance and form 28 June 1814 until 18 September 1815 as Secretary of State for Indies

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Introduction

Viceroys

See also

References