Eulogio Despujol y Dusay

Eulogio Despujol y Dusay
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

Eulogio Despujol y Dusay^[1], 1st Count of Caspe (11 March 1834 – 18 October 1907) served as the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines between 1891 and 1893. A native of Catalunya,^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[2]

References

1. Karnow, Stanley (1989). "Eulogio Despujol". In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines. Random House. ISBN 978-0394549750.
2. Guerrero, León María. The First Filipino. Guerrero Publishing.
3. De Pedro, J. (2005). Rizal through a glass darkly. Pasig: University of Asia and the Pacific.