Victor Augusto César del Villar y Villate (23 December 1843 – 2 September 1917[1]) was a Spanish military officer and politician, who became Minister of War.

[2] In 1875, Villar participated in the "taking of Olot" and the surrender of the La Seu d'Urgell during the Third Carlist War (1872–76) in Catalonia.

[4] In 1886 he helped quell republican insurrections at court, with Queen Maria Christina of Austria showing her Royal Appreciation.

[2] It was only at the express wish of his comrade and close friend Marcelo Azcárraga that he decided to accept the appointment of Minister of War in December 1904 (it was not for a gesture of solidarity military and respect for the Crown), a position that he held until January of the following year,[2] when he resigned because he was not satisfied that the sessions of the Courts resumed on the day of the king's name day, dragging in his resignation the entire Cabinet.

[8] Villar died on 2 September 1917, at the age of 73, during his vacation in the Biscayan town of Getxo, and his remains were transferred to the Sestao Cemetery.