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Biographical dictionary of councilors of the indies 1717 1808 menu bookphysical biographical dictionary of councilors of the indies 1717 1808 burkholder mark a 1943 subjects a limited number of items are shown click to view more consejo de indias spain biography dictionaries. The council of the indies officially the royal and supreme council of the indies spanish real y supremo consejo de las indias pronounced real i supremo konsexo de las indjas was the most important administrative organ of the spanish empire for the americas and the philippines. A valuable new reference work for students of the spanish empire this dictionary presents biographies of the 172 men who served on the council of the indies the supreme judicial tribunal for spains colonial empire from the time of philip vs reforms in 1717 to the french invasion in 1808 based on the extensive documentation contained in spanish archives and on various secondary sources . Information are available in mark a burkholder biographical dictionary of councilors of the indies 1717 1808 new y orlc 1986 the material in this note is drawn from sources used in compiling the dictionary and outlined at the conclusion of the note the introduction to the dictionary elaborates on a number of points contained. Hodge arthur d 1811 west indian planter settled about 1792 in tortola the chief of the virgin islands in the west indies he occupied the estate of bellevue in the eastern part of the island though a man of quarrelsome character he rose to be a member of council for the dependency of the virgin islands