monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
philip v ferdinand vi josé patiño josé de carvajal 09 april 1766 san julián de musques , spain madrid , spain 20 january 1687 first secretary of state 26 november 1736 sebastian de la cuadra.jpg sebastián de la cuadra , 1st marquis of villarías
 4 december 1746 sebastián de la cuadra
sebastián de la cuadra , 1st marquis of villarías

sebastián de la cuadra y llarena , 1st marquis of villarías -lrb- 20 january 1687 -- 9 april 1766 -rrb- was a spanish statesman .
he served as chief minister during between 1736 and 1746 during the reign of philip v of spain .
he became in 1719 the mayor of muskiz , a basque town exploiting iron ores and local smelters , having two himself , one working as early as the 15th century , knight of the military order of santiago santiago in 1730 -lrb- sig .
2239 -rrb- .
secretary of state in 1731 , and as from 1741 controlling also the area of justice .
for much of this late period in office , spain was involved in the war of jenkins ' ear with britain and the war of the austrian succession in italy .
he was replaced by josé de carvajal y lancáster in december 1746 .
for his service he was made marqués de villarías by king philip v of spain on 22 march 1739 , an honour awarded sometimes either to outgoing first ministers or during their tenure .
he was a co-founder of the real academia de bellas artes de san fernando in 1744 .
