Francisco Álvarez Campana

Francisco Álvarez Campana (1707–1773) was a Spanish merchant and politician,[1] who served during the Viceroyalty of Peru as Regidor and Attorney General of Buenos Aires.[2] He was the founder of the Colegio de Huérfanas de Buenos Aires, an educational institute dedicated to the teaching of orphan girls.[3]

Don
Francisco Álvarez Campana
Procurador General of Buenos Aires
In office
1764–1765
MonarchCharles III of Spain
Preceded byBaltasar de Arandia
Succeeded bySantiago de Castilla
Regidor of the Buenos Aires Cabildo
In office
1764–1765
Personal details
Born
Francisco Antonio Álvarez Campana y Vega

1707
Cádiz, Spain
Died30 December 1773
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting placeConvento de San Francisco
SpouseIsabel Gil Rodríguez
ChildrenTimoteo Alvarez Campana
José Miguel Álvarez Campana
Ana Eusebia Álvarez Campana
RelativesMariano Marcos Esparza Sánchez
(godson)
Occupationpolitician
merchant
charity
Professionattorney
Signature

The city of Campana in the Province of Buenos Aires was founded in 1885 in honor of Francisco Álvarez Campana, owner of those lands towards the middle of the 18th century.

Biography

He was born in Cádiz, Spain, the son of Bernardo Alvarez Campana y Montes de Oca and Josefa Manuela Vega y Olivera, belonging to illustrious Andalusian families from El Puerto de Santa María and the Isla de León.[4] He studied in his native country and settled in Buenos Aires around the beginning of 1750, holding various positions related to charitable entities, including as Hermano Mayor of the Hermandad de la Santa Caridad of Buenos Aires in 1754.[5] That same year he requested to the Council of the Cabildo authorization for the construction of the Casa de Niñas Huérfanas (School of Orphans). The authorization for the foundation of the home of charity came through the royal cedula of 16 October 1754. He also requested the council to notify the King of the need to build a care home for homeless and an hospital of the Charity in the College[6] The house of orphans had a room with thirteen beds for women, attended by the slaves and orphans of the college.[7]

For the year of 1754, Francisco Álvarez Campana asked the City Council to suspend the bullfights that were to take place during the celebration of the Jubilee.[8] In 1760 Campana is appointed to occupy the position of Regidor[9] and later as Procurador General of Buenos Aires.[10] He also dedicated himself to commerce, and by 1765 he installed a tannery on the banks of Riachuelo. His factory caused serious ecological damages in the area.[11] He was owner of the hacienda known by the name of "Rincón de Campana", where he dedicated himself to the breeding of cattle.[12]

In 1766, Campana was arrested by royal order for having acquired property on behalf of another person. The government of Buenos Aires had confiscated all his properties located in the jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of Peru.[13] He regained his liberty in 1771, requesting permission of the authorities, to return to take charge of the direction of the Escuela Huérfanas.[14]

He was married on 17 October 1762, in Buenos Aires to Isabel Gil Rodríguez,[15] daughter of Nicolás Gil and Bartola Rodríguez Osorio.[16] His brother, José Álvarez Campana, a knight belonging to the order Order of Santiago, served as alcalde ordinario of Veracruz in 1737.[17]

On 18 April 1875, the brothers Eduardo and Luis Costa founded the town of Campana (Buenos Aires Province) in honor of Francisco Álvarez Campana, who was the first owner of these lands in 1757.[18]

References
  1. Revista de la Universidad Complutense, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1977
  2. Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Eugenio Corbet France, Augusto S. Mallié, Héctor C. Quesada, 1927
  3. Historia de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, 1816 a 1818, Gregorio Funes, 1875
  4. Cádiz en el sistema atlántico, Manuel Bustos Rodríguez, 2005, ISBN 9788477371250
  5. Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino, Institución Mitre, 1945
  6. Historia de la ciudad de Buenos Aires ...: 1719–1800, Enrique de Gandía, 1936
  7. La locura en la argentina, Jose Ingenieros, 1937
  8. Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina) Cabildo, José Juan Biedma, 1926
  9. Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Volume 30, República Argentina, 1927
  10. El Fuerte 25 [i.e. veinticinco] de Mayo en Cruz de Guerra, Dirección de Impresiones Oficiales, 1949
  11. Historia de la Boca del Riachuelo, Enrique de Gandía, 1939
  12. Reseña histórica de las comunas bonaerenses, Dirección de Impresiones del Estado y Boletín Oficial, 1992, 1992
  13. Revista de Buenos Aires, República Argentina, 1864
  14. Los orígenes de Campana, hasta la creación del partido, Municipalidad de Campana, 1975
  15. Archivum: revista de la Junta de Historia Eclesiástica Argentina, Argentina, 1960
  16. Data: Revista del Instituto de Estudios Andinos y Amazónicos, El Instituto, 1994, 1994
  17. Los americanos en las órdenes nobiliarias (1529–1900), Guillermo Lohmann Villena, 1947
  18. Historia de la provincia de Buenos Aires y formación de sus pueblos, Ricardo Levene, 1963
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