The Marquis of La Solana | |
Office: | Minister of War of the Kingdom of Spain |
Term Start: | 12 October 1856 |
Term End: | 16 December 1856 |
Predecessor: | Fernando Fernández de Cordova |
Successor: | Francisco de Paula Figueras |
Office2: | 73rd Governor-General of the Philippines |
Monarch2: | Isabella II of Spain |
Term Start2: | 29 July 1850 |
Term End2: | 20 December 1853 |
Predecessor2: | Antonio María Blanco |
Successor2: | Ramón Montero y Blandino |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1803 |
Birth Name: | Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo y Eguía |
Birth Place: | San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Occupation: | Military officer Governor-General of the Philippines (1850–53) |
Honorific Prefix: | General The Most Excellent |
Honorific Suffix: | OIC |
Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo y Eguía (7 January 1803, San Sebastián - 26 April 1857, Madrid) was a Spanish military and the marquis of La Solana. In 1814 he became a knight's page in the Spanish Army, fought against the government of Trienio Liberal, and then became the inspector of the Voluntarios Realistas. Madrid historians mentioned Urbiztondo's participation to a dispute at the Royal Palace of Madrid, which involved the Duke of Cádiz, the Duke of Valencia and Joaquín Osorio y Silva-Bazán (who was killed by Urbiztondo).
In 1833 he was imprisoned at Mérida due to the accusation that he is supposed-to-be connection to Carlism, but he managed to escape to Portugal.