CAMPOMANES, P E D R O RODRIGUEZ, CONDE DE (1723-1802), Spanish statesman and writer, was born at Santa Eulalia de Sorribia, Asturias. From 1788 to 1793 he was president of the council of Castile ; but on the accession of Charles IV. he retired from public life, regretted by the true friends of his coun try. During his tenure of office he had sought to reform taxation, to promote industry and trade, and to improve education. His principal works are two admirable essays, Discurso sobre el fo mento de la industria popular, 1774, and Discurso sobre la educa cidn popular de los artesanos y su fomento, 1775.
See the notice by A. Rodriguez Villa prefixed to the first edition of his Cartas politico-economicas (1878).