Miguel Núñez de Sanabria
Doctor Miguel Núñez de Sanabria was a Spanish official in Peru and an oidor of the Audiencia of Lima. Twice he was interim viceroy of Peru, in virtue of his office as president of the Audiencia.Biography
Núñez de Sanabria was born in Lima. He was a knight of the Order of Santiago and a professor of laws at the University of San Marcos, Lima. He bought a position as criminal alcalde before the Audiencia of Lima, and later became an oidor of the same Audiencia. He had much influence with his fellow oidores.
As president of the Audiencia at the time of the death of Viceroy Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova on September 15, 1705, Núñez de Sanabria took over the government of the colony on an interim basis, until Manuel de Oms y de Santa Pau succeeded him in May 1707. He served as interim viceroy again, briefly, from April to September 1710. He was still a member of the Audiencia in 1715.
He left Peru for Spain, where he was a member of the Council of the Indies and also of the Council of War. He died in Madrid in 1729.
