Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache
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Minister of the Treasury | |
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In office 25 December 1759 – 1 April 1766 | |
Monarch | Charles III |
Preceded by | Juan Francisco de Gaona y Portocarrero |
Succeeded by | Miguel de Múzquiz y Goyeneche |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 December 1699 Messina, Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | 15 September 1785 Venice, Republic of Venice | (aged 85)
Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache, OWE (Messina, December 23, 1699 – Venice, September 15, 1785), known in Spanish as Marqués de Esquilache and in Italian as Marchese di Squilliace, was a Sicilian-born Spanish statesman who was Minister of Finance of Spain between 1759 and 1766.
Biography
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Charles III had been introduced to reform by his mentor in Sicily,
His attempt to modernize the apparel of the average Spaniard resulted in the Esquilache Riots and in his dismissal. Charles was forced to make Esquilache ambassador to Venice. It was a move that both Charles and Esquilache lamented. Esquilache felt that his measures in Spain had deserved a statue, and would comment that he had cleaned and paved the city streets and had created boulevards, and had nevertheless been dismissed.
He died in Venice.
References
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