Antonio Basilio Gutiérrez y Ulloa (14 June 1771 – 1831) was a Spanish politician and bureaucrat. He held various offices in Spain, San Salvador, New Spain, and Mexico. His most notable political office was being the Colonial Intendant of the Intendancy of San Salvador from 1805 until he was deposed in the 1811 Independence Movement. Unlike other Spanish colonial administrators, Gutiérrez y Ulloa held no military background.[1]
Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa | |
|---|---|
| 5th Colonial Intendant of San Salvador | |
| In office 28 June 1805 – 5 November 1811 | |
| Monarchs | Carlos IV (until 1808) Fernando VII (1808) José I (from 1808) |
| Preceded by | Antonio Isidro Palomo |
| Succeeded by | José Batres y Asturias |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 June 1771 Toro, Spain |
| Died | 1831 (aged 59–60) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Early life
editAntonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa was born in Toro, Spain, on 14 June 1771.[1] His parents were Nicolás Gutiérrez y Vitoria and Francisca de Ulloa y Sánchez Morales.[1] He had a brother named Juan Gutiérrez y Ulloa.[2] In 1797, he was appointed to the position of Tribune of the Major Accounting Office of Madrid.[1]
Colonial Intendant of San Salvador
editOn 28 June 1805, Gutiérrez y Ulloa was appointed as the Colonial Intendant of San Salvador, being the first to hold the office in an official capacity since Ignacio Santiago Ulloa in 1798.[1][3][4] He was described as "infatuated" [clarification needed] and "difficult" and was unpopular with those residing in San Salvador.[4] In 1807, Gutiérrez y Ulloa held a census for the intendancy.[1][5]
On 5 November 1811, José Matías Delgado, Manuel José Arce, and 400 armed supporters overthrew Gutiérrez y Ulloa by forcing his resignation, declaring "There is no King, no Intendant, or Captain General, we only have to obey our mayors."[6][7] The independence movement was eventually crushed by Spanish forces under José Alejandro de Aycinena later in the year who became Colonial Intendant on 3 December 1811.[8] His resignation was not officially accepted by the Real Audiencia of Guatemala until 26 September 1812.[1]
Later life
editOn 10 August 1814, Gutiérrez y Ulloa was appointed as Mayor of Guadalajara.[1] On 18 July 1817, he was appointed as a finance minister of Mexico City by royal decree, but later he returned to Guadalajara on 7 November 1820.[1][9] Gutiérrez y Ulloa supported the ascension of Agustín de Iturbide as Emperor of the First Mexican Empire in 1822.[1][10]
Death
editGutiérrez y Ulloa died in 1831.[1]
Orders and decorations
edit
Knight of the Order of Charles III (19 September 1804)[1]
Publications
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Gutiérrez y Ulloa, Antonio Basilio". Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Bonet, p. 413
- ^ Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 478
- ^ a b Meléndez Chaverri 1961, p. 119
- ^ Marroquín, p. 132
- ^ González Aller 2015, p. 1
- ^ Meléndez Chaverri 1961, pp. 139–141
- ^ Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 478–479
- ^ Congreso del Estado de Jalisco 2009, p. 33
- ^ Basilio Gutiérrez 1822, p. 1
Bibliography
edit- Bonet, B. Escandell. Sobre la Peculiarización Americana de la Inquisición Espailola en Indias [About the American peculiarization of the Spanish Inquisition in Indies]. pp. 395–415.
- Cruz Pacheco, José Santa; Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente (1981). "Relacion de los Alcaldes Mayores de San Salvador" [Relation of the Greater Mayors of San Salvador]. Hidalguía – La Revista de Genealogia, Nobelza y Armas [Hidalguía – The Magazine of Genealogy, Nobility and Arms] (in Spanish). Vol. 166–167. Madrid, Spain: Publicación Bimenstral. pp. 469–480. ISSN 0018-1285.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - González Aller, José Maniel (10 March 2015). "El Primer Grito de Independencia de Centro América. 4 de noviembre de 1811" [The First Shout of Independence of Central America. 4 November 1811.]. Canal del Ministerio (in Spanish). p. 1. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- Gutiérrez y Ulloa, Antonio Basilio (26 May 1822). "Don Antonio Basilio Gutiérrez" [Sir Antonio Basilio Gutiérrez] (in Spanish) (2 ed.). San Salvador. p. 1. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- H. Congreso del Estado de Jalisco. Dirección de Biblioteca, Archivo y Editorial, ed. (2009). La Diputación Provincial (1813–1823) Catálogo de Expedientes [The Provincial Deputation (1813–1823) Catalog of Files] (PDF) (1 ed.). Guadalajara, Mexico: Poder Legislativo del Estado de Jalisco. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- Marroquín, Víctor René. Nacimiento de la República de El Salvador (1800–1840) [Birth of the Republic of El Salvador (1800–1840)] (PDF) (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador: University of El Salvador. pp. 129–143.
- Meléndez Chaverri, Carlos (1961). José Matías Delgado, Prócer Centroamericano [José Matías Delgado, Central American Procreator] (in Spanish). Vol. 8 (2 ed.). San Salvador: Directorate of Publications and Prints, National Council for Culture and Art (published 2000). pp. 9–343. ISBN 9992300574. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
