Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache
The Marquess of Esquilache | |
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Giuseppe Bonito: Portrait of Leopoldo de Gregorio, marchese di Squillace, Madrid, Museo del Prado. | |
| Secretary of State of the Treasury of Spain | |
| In office 25 December 1759 – 1 April 1766 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| First Secretary of State | Ricardo Wall Jerónimo Grimaldi |
| Preceded by | Juan Francisco de Gaona y Portocarrero |
| Succeeded by | Miguel de Múzquiz y Goyeneche |
| Secretary of State for War of Spain | |
| In office 1 September 1763 – 1 April 1766 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| First Secretary of State | Ricardo Wall Jerónimo Grimaldi |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Wall |
| Succeeded by | Juan Gregorio Muniáin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1699 Messina, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Died | 15 September 1785 (aged 85) Venice, Republic of Venice |
Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache, OWE (Messina, December 23, 1699 – Venice, September 15, 1785), known in Spanish as Marqués de Esquilache and in Italian as Marchese di Squilliace, was a Sicilian-born Spanish statesman who was Minister of Finance of Spain between 1759 and 1766.