Juan Bautista de Iturralde y Gamio (Arizcun, Navarra, 28 October 1674 - Madrid, January 20, 1741) was a Spanish politician and hacendista. Biography
He was born on October 28, 1674, at the place of Arizcun, in the Baztan Valley, where his family had ancient roots. Because of his condition as a second son, John the Baptist was not called to inherit family lands. This - and the prohibition of making new houses in the valley - prompted him to seek fortune in Madrid. On January 1, 1699, he was already in the court as treasurer of King Charles II's Secret Expenses, no doubt on the recommendation of his countryman Goyeneche, his predecessor in office. In 1701 he was part of the Congregation of San Fermin de los Navarros.
He amassed an immense fortune as an Assentista of Philip V during the War of Succession, and as a renter of royal rents. In 1725 the king consigned to him its rents of the kingdom of Granada in guarantee of a capital of eighteen million reales that had anticipated to him. Iturralde retained this royalty for thirty-four years. Considering his reputation as a businessman and his long economic relationship with the Royal Treasury, the aforementioned king appointed him Governor of this Council and Court; in 1739 he was entrusted by the Secretary of State and the newly created Finance Office, and that same year he was awarded the title of Marquis de Murillo el Cuende.
His management at the head of the Real Estate was not very bright, and on January 13, 1740 he was replaced by Fernando Verdes Montenegro.
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