Miguel Tacón y Rosique (10 January 1777-13 October 1855) was the Spanish Governor of Cuba from 1 June 1834 to 20 April 1838, succeeding Mariano Ricafort Palacin y Abarca and preceding Joaquin de Ezpeleta.
Biography[]
Miguel Tacón y Rosique was born in Cartagena, Spain in 1777, and he joined the Spanish Army before being named military governor of Popayan in 1806. There, he battled Ecuadorian and Neogranadine rebellions, losing the Battle of Bajo Palace in 1811 before joining the army of Joaquin de la Pezuela in Upper Peru and defeating the Argentines at the Battle of Vilcapugio and the Battle of Viluma. He was promoted to Field Marshal and returned to Spain in 1819 for health reasons. He was sidelined during the Ominous Decade of 1823-1833 due to his liberal views, but he served as Governor of Cuba from 1834 to 1838, involving himself in daily matters and public works while ruling despotically and supporting the slave trade. He later served as Ambassador to Britain in 1844 and from 1847 to 1848, and he was made a senator for life in 1853. He died in 1855.