Miguel José de Azanza , 1746-1826, Spanish general and colonial administrator. After brief service in the cabinet of Charles IV, he was sent to the colonies and became viceroy of Mexico (1798-1800). He returned to Spain, served under Joseph Bonaparte, and fled to France after the fall of the Bonaparte regime.
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