Francisco Cajigal de la Vega
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Francisco Vega | |
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Joaquin Montserrat | |
Governor of Cuba | |
In office 9 June 1747 – 1760 | |
Preceded by | Diego Penalosa |
Succeeded by | Pedro Alonso |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 February 1691 Spain |
Died | 30 April 1777 Spain | (aged 77)
Children | 1 son |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Spain |
Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (sometimes spelled Francisco Caxigal de la Vega) (February 6, 1691 – 30 April 1777) was a Spanish military officer, governor of
Cajigal was lieutenant general in the royal army and a knight of the Order of Santiago. He was appointed as governor of Cuba in 1747.
He was governor of Cuba in 1760 at the time of the death of the previous viceroy,
He worked to reform the accounting at the treasury. He removed the sales tax on products of iron and steel to stimulate construction and the mining of that metal. To augment revenue, he sold the monopoly on the production of playing cards and farmed out the collection of customs duties at Veracruz for five years. Other measures spurred the economy of
He increased the regular army of New Spain to 2,921 men. He named his son, Juan Manuel, commander of the cavalry company of the viceregal guards.
On the ascension of Charles III to the Spanish throne, a general amnesty was declared. In New Spain, at least, it did not free many prisoners because there were many exceptions.
This viceroy was not considered very honorable. He insisted on a very high salary (at the rate of 40,000 pesos per year) and huge expenses for his return journey from Mexico to Havana (6,000 pesos).
He turned over the government of the colony to his successor,
References
- (in Spanish) García Puron, Manuel, México y sus gobernantes, v. 1. Mexico City: Joaquín Porrua, 1984.
- (in Spanish) Orozco Linares, Fernando, Gobernantes de México. Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985, ISBN 968-38-0260-5.