Antonio de Quintanilla | |
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| Royal Governor of Chiloé | |
| In office 1820–1826 | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand VII |
| Preceded by | Ignacio María Justiz y Urrutia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1787 Pámanes, Spain |
| Died | 1863 Almería, Spain |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Spain |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Battles/wars | |
Antonio Quintanilla (Pámanes, Spain; 1787 - † Almería, Spain; 1863) was a Spanish brigadier and Governor of Chiloé from 1820 to 1826. He was the last royalist to hold the position.[1]
Quintanilla was the son of Francisco de Quintanilla and Teresa Herrera y Santiago, who were members of distinguished families in the Spanish region of Pámanes.[2] He was born November 14, 1787.[2]
He married Antonia Álvarez de Garay,[2] the daughter of Captain Francisco alvarez and Bartola Garay.[3]
As a governor of Chiloé, Quintanilla ordered in 1824 the construction of Fuerte Real de San Carlos.[4] He is also noted for defeating General Ramón Freire's first attempt to liberate Chiloé in 1825 after he dissolved the Chilean congress by force.[5] By January 1826, Quintanilla finally surrendered and became the last Spanish official to withdraw from Chile.[5] He came back to Spain and served as a brigadier of the Santander barracks then the deputy general of La Mancha police.
Quintanilla was the father of Antonio de Quintanilla Alvarez, a Spanish official given the Carlist title of Marquis de Quintanilla.[6]
