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Martín de Salaverría was a Spanish military officer and from 1779 until 1783 civil governor of Trinidad.
Until 1777 the Spanish colony of Trinidad was governed by a single governer. In that year, based on a report by special commissioner Philippe Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent, the Spanish government decided that land grants to non-Spanish settlers on Trinidad should be administered by a non-military decision maker. This meant a clipping of the responsibilities of the governer, Manuel Fálques.[1] The edict was to be implemented by the intendancy in Caracas. The intendant appointed Martín de Salaverría, commander of the coastal guard in Caracas.[2] WEITERMACHEN
Im Juli 1778 reiste de Salaverría nach Trinidad, zunächst im Range eines Abgesandten des Intendanten von Caracas.