José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana

José Gutiérrez de la Concha e Irigoyen, 1st Marquess of Havana, 1st Viscount of Cuba, Grandee of Spain (Córdoba, Argentina, 4 June 1809 – Madrid, Spain, 5 November 1895) was a Spanish noble, general and politician, who served three times as Captain General of Cuba and once as the Prime Minister of Spain.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez de la Concha and the second or maternal family name is Irigoyen.
The Most Excellent

The Marquess of Havana
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
19 September 1868 – 30 September 1868
MonarchIsabella II
Preceded byLuis Gonzalez-Bravo
Succeeded byPascual Madoz
Personal details
Born
José Gutiérrez de la Concha e Irigoyen
NationalitySpanish

He was born in Córdoba, then part of the Viceroyalty of River Plate in the Spanish Empire.

In 1851 while in command in Cuba he defeated the Lopez Expedition, a filibustering attempt to seize the island.


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