Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa
The Count of Manila | |
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| 71st Governor-General of the Philippines | |
| In office July 16, 1844 – December 26, 1849 | |
| Monarch | Isabella II of Spain |
| Preceded by | Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre |
| Succeeded by | Antonio María Blanco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Narciso José Anastasio Clavería y Zaldúa May 2, 1795 Girona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Died | June 20, 1851 (aged 56) Madrid, Spain |
| Spouse(s) | Ana Berroeta Clavería, Countess of Manila |
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Narciso José Anastasio Clavería y Zaldúa, 1st Count of Manila (Catalan: Narcís Josep Anastasi Claveria i Zaldua; May 2, 1795 – June 20, 1851) was a Spanish army officer who served as the Governor-General of the Philippines from July 16, 1844, to December 26, 1849.
Clavería is widely recognized as a reformist and modernizing administrator. He traveled through many provinces trying to learn the needs of Filipinos. He encouraged agriculture, improved the streets and suburbs of Manila, and succeeded in helping the country. He was given the title Count of Manila. The towns of Claveria in Misamis Oriental province, Claveria in Masbate province, and Claveria in Cagayan province were named in his honor.
His grandson, Narciso Clavería y de Palacios, 3rd Count of Manila, was an architect who designed the Toledo Railway Station.