Antonio Narciso de Santa María

Antonio Narciso de Santa María
Royal Governor of Chiloé
In office 1749–1761
Monarch	Ferdinand VI Charles III
Preceded by	Victoriano Martínez de Tineo
Succeeded by	Juan Antonio Garretón
Personal details
Born	1716 Alcántara, Spain
Died	September 13, 1777
Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Years of service	1730–1774
Rank	Second lieutenant
Unit	Second Battalion of the King of Portugal

Antonio Narciso de Santa María (Alcántara, Spain; 1716 – 1777) was a Spanish colonel and Governor of Chiloé in the mid-18th century. Given the threat of war with Britain at the time Governor Antonio Narciso de Santa María highlighted for the Spanish authorities the key position of Chiloé Island to control the Patagonian Archipelagos and recommended to focus on the defences in Chiloé.^[1] He retired from the army in 1774 and lived in Concepción. He died in 1777.^[2] It was following Narciso de Santa María's recommendations that the Spanish founded the "city-fort" of Ancud in 1767–1768.^[1]

References

1. Urbina Carrasco, María Ximena (2014). "El frustrado fuerte de Tenquehuen en el archipiélago de los Chonos, 1750: Dimensión chilota de un conflicto hispano-británico". Historia (in Spanish). 47 (I). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
2. Olguín, Carlos (1971). Instituciones Politicas Y Administrativas de Chiloe en El Siglo XVIII (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Jurídica de Chile. pp. 31–34.