Manuel Esteban Bernaldo de Quirós
(1699–1784)

Biographical

Member of the Council of the Indies 1766–73 ret.
Regent of the Royal Audencia of Aragon 1760
Regent of the Royal Audiencia of Majorca 1754
Corregidor of Guipúzcoa 1751
Oidor of the Royal Court and Chancery of Valladolid 1748
Alcalde mayor of the Royal Court of Galicia 1740
Fellow of the Colegio Mayor of San Salvador of Oviedo 1730
Rector of the College of San Pelayo 1722
Fellow of the College of San Pelayo 1722

After studying law at the Universities of Oviedo and Salamanca, Manuel Bernaldo de Quirós embarked upon a long career in the service of the Spanish Crown. Over the course of more than forty years, he acquired a reputation as an accomplished jurist and served in a number of judicial and administrative institutions throughout the Spanish monarchy. He retired in 1773 and returned to Asturias, where he spent the rest of his life.

Son of Martín Bernaldo de Quirós and Isabel Valdés, he had no issue