Miguel de Merlos

Miguel Antonio de Merlos y Martínez (1699-c.1770) was a Spanish politician and military officer, who served as a military commander in the Fuerte de Buenos Aires. He was ordained as Knight of the Royal Order of Santiago in 1745.[1]

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Miguel Antonio de Merlos y Martínez de Figueroa
Caballero de la Real Orden of Santiago
Vice-Mayor of Buenos Aires
In office
1735–1736
MonarchPhilip V of Spain
Preceded byJuan Antonio Giles
Succeeded byNicolás de la Quintana y Echeverría
Procurador General of Buenos Aires
In office
1740–1741
MonarchPhilip V of Spain
Preceded byDomingo de Basavilbaso
Succeeded byGaspar de Bustamante
Personal details
BornFebruary 5, 1699
Buenos Aires
Diedc.1770
Buenos Aires
Resting placeSanto Domingo convent
NationalitySpanish
Spouse(s)María Teresa del Saz y Guerreros
Occupationarmy
government
ProfessionArmy officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1720-1760
RankMaestre de Campo
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires
CommandsMilicias Provinciales de Buenos Aires

Biography

He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Miguel Antonio de Merlos, a distinguished military man born in Murcia, and Rosa Martínez de Figueroa, belonging to an illustrious Creole family of the Kingdom of Chile.[2] He did his secondary and tertiary studies in Spain,[3] and made his military and political career in Buenos Aires, where he served as attorney general and sub-mayor of the city around 1735.[4]

Miguel de Merlos was married in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires with María Teresa del Saz y Guerreros,[5] born in La Rioja (Spain), daughter of Juan del Saz y Guerreros and Juana García Urbana y Calvo de la Banda, a noble lady of the city of Seville.[6] His daughter Micaela de Merlos was married to Francisco Millau y Maraval, a Spanish geographer and military man of outstanding performance in the colonial period of Buenos Aires.[7]

References
  1. Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago, Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Emilio de Cárdenas Piera, 1977, ISBN 9788487204692
  2. Los Americanos en las órdenes nobiliarias, Volume 2, Guillermo Lohmann Villena, Francisco de Solano, 1993, ISBN 9788400073510
  3. Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Volumen9;Volumen36, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Cabildo, Cabildo (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1931
  4. Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Cabildo, Cabildo (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1930
  5. Real compañía de guardias marinas y Colegio naval, Instituto histórico de marina, 1945
  6. Élites urbanas en Hispanoamérica, Secretariado de Publicaciones, Universidad de Sevilla, 2005, ISBN 9788447208746
  7. Anales de la Academia Argentina de Geografía, Volúmenes 4-6, Academia Argentina de Geografía., 1960, 1960
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