Eulogio Despujol y Dusay

Eulogio Despujol y Dusay[1] (Catalan: Eulogi Despujol i Dusay; 11 March 1834 – 18 October 1907) served as the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines between 1891 and 1893.

General The Most Illustrious Eulogio Despujol y Dusay, Count of Caspe
Eulogio Despujol y Dusay
109th Governor-General of the Philippines
In office November 17, 1891 – March 1, 1893
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí
Succeeded by	Federico Ochando
Personal details
Born	Eulogio Despujol y Dusay 11 March 1834 Barcelona, Spain
Died	19 October 1907 (aged 73) Riba-roja de Túria, Spain
Spouse(s)	Leonor Rigalt Muns
Children	Eulogio Despujol y Rigalt

Alfonso XII granted him the nobiliary title of Count of Caspe after his win in the battle that took place in the town of the same name during the Third Carlist War.[2]

A native of Catalonia,[3] at first, he ruled in the Philippines as a Conservative but later became a Liberal. It was during his term when José Rizal, leader of the Philippine propaganda movement, was sent to Dapitan in Mindanao.[4] He would again meet with Rizal, who was on his way to Cuba to work as a military medic before being intercepted in Barcelona, before sending him back to the Philippines where he lived the rest of his life.[3]

References

1. Karnow, Stanley (1989). "Eulogio Despujol". In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines. Random House. ISBN 978-0394549750.
2. Sánchez Cervelló, Josep (2019). "Andanzas del teniente Garrabea en la Tercera Guerra carlista". Aportes. XXXIV (100): 130. ISSN 0213-5868.
3. Guerrero, León María. The First Filipino. Guerrero Publishing.
4. De Pedro, J. (2005). Rizal through a glass darkly. Pasig: University of Asia and the Pacific.

Catalan military personnel