Carlos Palanca (born 1844)

Carlos Palanca (1844–1901), also known as Tan Quien Sien (Chinese: 陳謙善; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Khiam-siān) or Chuey Leong, was a Chinese government official and diplomat in the Philippines. During the latter part of the Spanish colonial era in the islands he served as the Chinese captain (capitan chino) and was the acting consul general of Qing China to the Philippines until 1899.

For Chinese Filipino distiller and namesake of the Palanca Awards, see Carlos Palanca (born 1884).
In this Philippine name, the family name is Palanca.
In this Chinese name, the family name is 陳 (Tan).

Carlos Palanca
陳謙善
Born
Tan Quien Sien

(1844-06-06)June 6, 1844
Tong'an, Amoy, Fukien, Qing China
DiedSeptember 1901 (aged 57)
Other namesCarlos Palanca Tan Quien Sien
Chuey Leong

Palanca adopted his name from his godfather, Spanish colonel Carlos Palanca y Gutierrez. He was the gobernadorcillo of the Gremio de Chino. Carlos Palanca helped fund the establishment of the Chinese General Hospital in 1891

In Rizal's Chinese Overcoat, Alfonso Ang asserts that the character Quiroga in Jose Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo was based on Palanca.

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