Miguel Gerónimo Esparza

Miguel Gerónimo de Esparza y Rodríguez
Functionary Military of the Buenos Aires Cabildo
In office
1700s – 1766
Personal details
Born 1679
Buenos Aires
Died 1760s
Buenos Aires
Nationality Spanish
Spouse(s) Antonia Cabral de Melo y Morales
Occupation government
Profession lawyer
Religion Catholicism

Miguel Gerónimo Esparza (1679-1760s) was an Spanish nobleman, Attorney and Regidor of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Peru.[1]

Personal life

Miguel Geronimo de Esparza, born April 23, 1679 in Buenos Aires, was the son of Alejo de Esparza (Basque merchant),[2] and Escolástica Rodríguez (daughter of Alfonso Rodríguez). He was married in La Merced church, on July 2, 1706, to Antonia Cabral, great-granddaughter of Amador Báez de Alpoim and his wife Margarita Cabral de Melo, (descendant of Nuno Velho Cabral).[3] His son Juan Miguel de Esparza, was also an important Government Functionary.[4]

Buenos Aires Cabildo by Emeric Essex Vidal

Career

In 1719, Esparza was a defender of minors and the homeless.[5] In 1724 had served as a lawyer or adviser.[6] After was appointed perpetual regidor of Buenos Aires, a position he held until 1766.[7] In 1744, Esparza was in charge of the census of City.[8] In 1745, he was elected judge, and years later was appointed alcalde of the city of Buenos Aires.[9]

In 1747 Miguel Gerónimo Esparza, was the Captain in The Presidio of Buenos Aires.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino. Institución Mitre.
  2. ↑ Los Vascos en América: Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1580-1713 (in Spanish). Fundación Vasco-Argentina Juan de Garay, Departamento Estudios Históricos. 1 January 1991. ISBN 978-987-97556-0-0.
  3. ↑ Revista del Centro de Estudios Genealógicos de Buenos Aires, Volume 1, Part 1. Centro de Estudios Genealógicos de Buenos Aires.
  4. ↑ Documentos para la historia Argentina (in Spanish). Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. 1914.
  5. ↑ Vicente Osvaldo Cutolo (1 January 1988). Buenos Aires--historia de las calles y sus nombres (in Spanish). BPR Publishers.
  6. ↑ De la justicia lega a la justicia letrada: abogados y asesores en el Río de la Plata, 1776-1821. María Rosa Pugliese.
  7. ↑ Documentos para la historia del Virreinato del Río de la Plata (in Spanish). Compañia Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco. 1912.
  8. ↑ Documentos para la historia Argentina (in Spanish). Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco. 1955.
  9. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires. Archivo General de la Nacion (Argentina).
  10. ↑ Cuestion de limites inter-provinciales entre Buenos Aires, Cordoba y Santa-Fé. Aristóbulo del Valle.

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