The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the Royal Governor also held the title of a Captain General. There were 66 such governors or captains during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism. Since the first Spanish–Mapuche parliaments in the 17th century it became an almost mandatory tradition for each governor to arrange a parliament with the Mapuches.[1]
Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa | March 1772 | July 1780 | Charles III | ||
Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz | July 1780 | December 1780 | Interim | ||
Ambrosio de Benavides | December 1780 | April 1787 | |||
Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz | April 1787 | May 1788 | Interim |
(Dissolved 1810-1814 Patria Vieja)