Juan de Mendoza y Velasco (died 24 or 26 February 1628) was a minister during the reign of Philip III, a position he attained due to his family's history.
[1] Among the roles he held throughout his career were: Marquis de la Hinojosa,[2][3] Governor of the Duchy of Milan from 1612 through 1616,[4] Viceroy of Navarre from 1620–1623, and Spanish Ambassador in England.
A knight of the Military Order of Santiago, he was awarded the title of marquis de la Hinojosa by King Philip III of Spain, on 11 February 1612.
[citation needed] During his career, Mendoza also became marquis of San Germán,[2] Member of the Private Chambers of the king, Viceroy of Navarre, 1620–1623, Captain General of the Spanish Artillery and President of the "Consejo de Indias",[3] a Royal Political Bureau dealing with all the administrative events related with the administration, trade and tax collections of the very extensive American Territories, in the North, Central, and South.
[3] The scholars Marcus B. Burke, Peter Cherry called him "an important minister of the reign of Philip III".