José Basco y Vargas
The Most Illustrious The Count of the Conquest of Batanes Islands | |
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| 53rd Governor-General of the Philippines | |
| In office July 1778 – November 1787 | |
| Monarch | Charles III of Spain |
| Governor | (Viceroy of New Spain) Antonio María de Bucareli Francisco Romá y Rosell Martín de Mayorga Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo Vicente de Herrera y Rivero Bernardo de Gálvez Eusebio Sánchez Pareja Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta Manuel Antonio Flórez |
| Preceded by | Pedro de Sarrio |
| Succeeded by | Pedro de Sarrio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Máximo Ramón Basco y Pérez de Vargas 29 May 1733 |
| Died | 1805 (aged 73–74) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Spain |
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José Basco y Vargas, 1st Count of the Conquest of Batanes Islands (Spanish: José Basco y Vargas, primer conde de la conquista de las islas Batanes) (1733–1805) was a naval officer of the Spanish Navy who served as the 53rd governor-general of the Spanish Philippines under the Spanish Empire from 1778 to 1787. An "economic minded" and "zealous" governor, his administration saw the rise of the local tobacco monopoly, the persistence of Moro raids, and the subjugation of the Ivatan natives of Batanes.