Manuel Benito de Castro
Manuel Benito de Castro | |
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| Governor President of the State of Cundinamarca and Viceregent of the King's Person | |
| In office August 19, 1812* – September 12, 1812 Co-leading with Luis de Ayala y Vergara | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand VII |
| Preceded by | Antonio Nariño |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Nariño |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 21, 1751 Bogotá, Cundinamarca |
| Died | March 5, 1826 Bogotá, Cundinamarca |
| Political party | Centralist |
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Manuel Benito de Castro (January 21, 1751 – March 5, 1826) was a
Early life
Castro was born on January 21, 1751, in
Castro was a
Presidency
Castro was a pateador, a centralist, who believed that the government should be a centralized one, with the capital in
After the
Controversy and criticism
Castro was an eccentric man, who was described as wearing a cape, a ceremonial sword, a large pointy hat, and other such articles of man's fashion from 1767.[8]
When he assumed the presidency, one of his conditions was that he could leave the sessions of Congress at a certain time to go and feed his dog;[9] on another occasion, it is said that when he was called to appear to go to the Counsel, he replied that he would go after he finished grooming his dog.[10] His time in power was complicated by the confrontation between centralists and federalists, and Nariño was forced to come back and take back the presidency.
Pablo Morillo did not know what to do with him, he was too eccentric, and during his time in power was criticized for being too inept, he posed no danger to the Reconquista, and Morillo finally decided to expel him from Bogotá, and sent him to Tunja, with the excuse of having weapons in his house, the weapon being a ceremonial sword he always carried,[11]
After his death, the newspaper La Miscelánea, printed a very critical obituary of him for being single his whole life, because, as he said "...It is too much to risk uniting with a woman, whose character may be assumed, but never understood...".[12]
See also
Sources
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- ^ Don José Solís: Virrey del Nuevo Reino de Granada By Daniel Samper Ortega
- ^ Haciendas de La Sabana | "El Chucho", "El Noviciado" y "La Conejera" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango
- ^ Independencia de Nueva Granada y Venezuela By Francisco Antonio Encina
- ^ Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango Archived 2007-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Countries Ci-Co
- ^ Escritos sobre Bogotá y la Sabana | De visiones de historia Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bitácoras de Bogotá: Crecimiento demografico en el siglo XIX
- ^ Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia [Publicaciones periódicas]. Tomo 3, Año 1883 - Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
- ^ Historia eclesiástica y civil de Nueva Granada: Escrita sobre documentos auténticos By José Manuel Groot
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