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ainst Santiago Orendain, favorite of Arandia; royal decree gives governorship to archbishop, July, 1761; term as governor, June, 1759-July, 1761. _Manuel Rojo_--Native of Tala, Nueva Espana, and archbishop of Manila; takes possession of church, July 22, 1759; becomes governor (_ad interim_), July 1761; quashes case against Orendain; bombardment, taking, and sack of Manila by English, and cowardice and imprisonment of archbishop, October, 1762; term as governor July, 1761-October, 1762, although maintained as governor by English until death; death as prisoner, January 30, 1764. _Simon de Anda y Salazar_--Native of Subijana, born October 28, 1701; auditor; appointed by Audiencia lieutenant of the governor and captain-general; leaves Manila, October 4, 1762; establishes capital in Bacolor, Pampanga, and has himself proclaimed governor; British maintain archbishop as governor until his death, who cedes islands to them; insurrections of natives and Chinese, 1762-1764; negotiations with English, 1763-1764; term as governor (_ad interim_), October, 1762-March 17, 1764; receives keys to city from British, April, 1764. _Francisco Javier de la Torre_--Military officer; becomes governor (_ad interim_), March 17, 1764; British evacuate Manila, April, 1764; tries to restore order; term as governor, March 17, 1764-July 6, 1765. _Jose Raon_--Native of Navarra, and mariscal-de-campo; arrives in Manila, July 6, 1765; Le Gentil arrives at Manila, October, 1766; Archbishop Santa Justa y Rufina takes his seat July 12, 1767; his conflicts with regular clergy; Raon revises ordinances of Arandia; expulsion of Chinese, 1769; expulsion of Jesuits and Raon's collusion with them; term as governor, July 6, 1765-July, 1770; death, during residencia at Manila. _Simon de Anda y Salazar_--Well received at court on return after 1764, and made councilor of Castilla; directs letter to king complaining of certain disorders in the Philippines, enumerating among them a number against the friars, April 12, 1768; arrives at Manila as governor, July, 1770; proceeds against predecessor and others; rouses opposition of regulars; reforms army and engages in other public works; troubles with Moros continue; opposes king's order of November 9, 1774, to secularize curacies held by regulars, and the order repealed, December 11, 1776; rule characterized by his energy, foresight, honesty, and conflicts with the regulars; death, October 30, 1776, at seventy-si
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