José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana

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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

Córdoba, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Spain

José Gutiérrez de la Concha e Irigoyen, 1st Marquess of Havana, 1st Viscount of Cuba, Grandee of Spain (Córdoba, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, 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.

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.