Blas Villate

{{short description|Spanish general}}

{{family name hatnote|Villate|de la Herra|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Blas Villate

| image = Blas de Villate, conde de Valmaseda.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Blas de Villate Portrait

| birth_date = {{birth date|1824|02|03}}

| birth_place = Sestao, Spain

| death_date = {{death date and age|1882|01|08|1824|02|03}}

| death_place = Madrid, Spain

| module = {{Infobox military person

| embed = yes

| allegiance = {{flagdeco|Spain|1785}} Spain

| rank = General

}}

| office = Governor of Cuba

| monarch = Isabella II

| predecessor = Joaquín del Manzano

| primeminister = Ramón María Narváez

| successor = Francisco Lersundi y Hormaechea

| term_end = 21 December 1867

| term_start = 24 September

| 1blankname = Minister of Overseas

| 1namedata = Alejandro de Castro Casal
Carlos Marfori y Callejas

| monarch2 = Amadeo ISince 4 January 1871

| predecessor2 = Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas

| termstart2 = 13 December 1870

| termend2 = 11 July 1872

| successor2 = Francisco de Ceballos y Vargas

| 1blankname2 = Regent

| 1namedata2 = Francisco SerranoUntil 4 January 1871

| 2blankname2 = Prime Minister

| 2namedata2 = Juan Prim
Juan Bautista Topete (as interim)
Francisco Serrano
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
José Malcampo
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

| 3blankname2 = Minister of Overseas

| 3namedata2 = Segismundo Moret
Adelardo López de Ayala
Tomás Mosquera
Víctor Balaguer
Juan Bautista Topete
Cristóbal Martín de Herrera
Eduardo Gasset y Artime

| termstart3 = 8 March 1875

| termend3 = 18 January 1876

| monarch3 = Alfonso XII

| primeminister3 = Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Joaquín Jovellar y Soler

| 1blankname3 = Minister of Overseas

| 1namedata3 = Adelardo López de Ayala

| predecessor3 = Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo

| successor3 = Joaquín Jovellar y Soler

| status = Interim

}}

Blas Villate y de la Herra, 2nd Count of Valmaseda (February 3, 1824, in Sestao – January 8, 1882, in Madrid) was a Spanish general. He was several times governor of Cuba:

• September 24, 1867 - December 21, 1867 (acting governor)
• December 13, 1870 - July 11, 1872
• March 8, 1875 - January 18, 1876 [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/v/valmaseda.htm Biografia de Conde de Valmaseda]