Manuel de Guirior - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Manuel de Guirior (1708 – November 25, 1788^{http://www.adonde.com/aqui/noviembre.htm}) was a Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator. He was viceroy of New Granada

Viceroyalty of New Granada

The Viceroyalty of New Granada was the name given on 27 May 1717, to a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739...

from 1772 to 1776 and of Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

from July 17, 1776 to July 21, 1780.

Guirior was born into a noble family of Navarre

Navarre

Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...

. He entered the navy in 1733 as a lieutenant.