Clemente López de Osornio

Clemente López de Osornio (1720–1783) was a Spanish military leader. He served during the Viceroyalty of Peru as Captain of the Regiment of Blandengues of Buenos Aires.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López de Osornio and the second or maternal family name is Gamiz.
Clemente López de Osornio
El Rincón de López
Personal details
Born
Clemente José López de Osornio Gamiz

1720
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died1783
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
NationalitySpanish
Spouse(s)Martina Arroyo Jiménez
María Rubio Díaz Gamiz
OccupationRancher
ProfessionArmy's officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Spain
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1736-1779
RankCaptain
UnitBlandengues de Buenos Aires

Biography

He was baptized on November 25, 1720 in Buenos Aires, son of Francisco López Osornio and María Gamiz de las Cuevas Álvarez Lasarte, a family of Creole origin, born in the city.[2]

In 1736 Clemente López de Osornio enlisted in the provincial militia of cavalry and served in the defense in the fort of Arrecifes against Indians. Three years later, he participated in the campaign of Captain Juan de San Martín to the area that is now Laguna de los Padres, near Mar del Plata.

In 1752 Osornio was appointed Commissioner in the pago of Magdalena. And in 1765 he served as Commanding general of militia in Province of Buenos Aires, where he led an expedition to the Salinas Grandes, west of Bahia Blanca, along the way, he made a census of the tribes that roamed the area, and organized five companies of Blandengues of cavalry intended to garrison the southern border against the Indians.

In 1766 Clemente López Osornio was appointed Alcalde de la hermandad in Magdalena,[3] which covered large areas of land, including Avellaneda, Quilmes, Lomas de Zamora and the present territory of Almirante Brown.[4]

In 1767 López de Osornio led a military expedition against the Guaraní tribes.[5] Years later in 1775 he participated of an expedition in Cairú (Tandil) and lagoon Blanca Grande (Olavarría) against the Pampas tribes.[6]

López Osornio retired from the army in 1779, dedicating itself since then to the administration of his stay named Rincón de López in Chascomús (Buenos Aires Province). He became a wealthy landowner. In 1782 he was appointed as representative of the landowners in the Cabildo porteño.

Family

López Osornio married on October 9, 1746 in Buenos Aires to Martina Arroyo Jiménez de Paz, daughter of Tomás de Arroyo Palacios and Ignacia Jiménez de Paz Parejas.[7] They were parents of four children: Catalina, Andres Ramón, María Magdalena and Angel López de Osornio.[8]

After widowhood he returns to marry on February 25, 1766 in the Buenos Aires Cathedral with María Manuela Rubio Díaz Gamiz, daughter of Juan José Rubio and Isabel Díaz Gamiz, belonging to a distinguished family [9] He and his wife having six children: Juana Bautista, María Rafaela, Petrona Josefa, Agustina, José Silverio and María Luisa López de Osornio.[10]

On December 13, 1783 Clemente López de Osornio, his son Andrés, his pawns and slaves were killed by an incursion of the Pampas tribes against his ranch known as El Rincón de López,[11] located in Chascomús, province of Buenos Aires.[12]

He was the maternal grandfather of Juan Manuel de Rosas,[13] a distinguished caudillo, who was Governor of Buenos Aires in uninterrupted form from March 7, 1835 to February 3, 1852.[14]

References
  1. Revista complutense de historia de América, Issues 27-28. Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 2001.
  2. Bautismos 1713-1727. Iglesia Nuestra Señora de La Merced.
  3. Historia de la Reducción, 1666-1812, Issue 2. Biblioteca Pública Municipal "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento". 1968.
  4. Origen y formación del partido y pueblo de Almirante Brown (Adrogué) 1750-1882. Jorge P. Fumiére. 1971.
  5. La cuestión capital de la República, 1826 a 1887: 1880. Arturo Bartolomé Carranza. 1926.
  6. Códigos para integrar la historia argentina en el MERCOSUR. Rafael Garzón. 1998. ISBN 9789879048191.
  7. Matrimonios 1656-1762. Nuestra Señora de La Merced.
  8. Boletín interno. Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas. 1975.
  9. Matrimonios 1760-1808. Nuestra Señora de La Merced.
  10. Los Casco de Mendoza y los Vera de Aragón. Raúl A. Molina. 1949.
  11. Contribución a la história de Montevideo. Luis Enrique Azarola Gil. 1926.
  12. Gran enciclopedia argentina: todo lo argentino ordenado alfabeticamente. Diego Abad de Santillán. 1956.
  13. López Osornio y Chascomús. Mario A. López Osornio. 1972.
  14. La formación del estado y la democracia en América Latina 1830-1910. Fernando López-Alves. 2003. ISBN 9789580471547.
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