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 1731 Málaga, Granada, Spain |
| Died | 1805 (aged 73–74) Spanish East Indies |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Spain |
| Rank | |
José Basco y Pérez de Vargas, 1st Count of the Conquest of Batanes Islands (Spanish: José Basco y Vargas, primer conde de la conquista de las islas Batanes (1731–1805) was a naval officer of the Spanish Navy who served as the 53rd governor of the Spanish Philippines under the Spanish Empire, from 1778 to 1787. An "economic minded" governor-general in Spanish-ruled Philippines, his rule tried to subjugate the Ivatan natives of Batanes, which led to the death of the indigenous Ivatan hero, Aman Dangat.