Francisco López de Osornio Merlo

Francisco López de Osornio
Birth name Francisco López de Osornio Merlo
Born 1681
Buenos Aires
Died 1750s
Buenos Aires
Allegiance Spain
Rank Captain

Francisco López de Osornio Merlo (1681–1750s) was an Spanish military and landowner. He served as Captain of the urban militias of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Peru.

Biography

Born September 7, 1681 in Buenos Aires, he was the son of Francisco López Osornio (Spanish) and Tomasa Merlo de la Mota (porteña). On September 11, 1701 Francisco López was married in Metropolitan Cathedral, to María Gamiz de las Cuevas Álvarez Lasarte. They had nine children: Domingo, Lorenzo, María, Tomasa, Juana, Justa, Faustina, Clemente and Pascual.[1] In 1720s López de Osornio was appointed Alférez real, in charge of the military fort of Barragán, place where had ordered the construction of the first chapel.[2]

Francisco López de Osornio was Captain of militia.[3] These militias were engaged in protecting livestock and town from attacks by Indians. He, along with his brothers, inherited large acres of land, and they were one of the most powerful families in the 18th century during the Viceroyalty of Peru and the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mario A. Lуpez Osornio (1950). Don Clemente Lуpez: (vida del abuelo de Rosas) (in Spanish). Editora y Distribuidora Del Plata. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  2. ↑ La Ensenada de Barragán: contribución a la historia portuaria del Rio de la Plata (in Spanish). Manuel María Oliver.
  3. ↑ Instituto Salazar y Castro (1978). Estudios genealógicos, heráldicos y nobiliarios en honor de Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, con motivo del XXV aniversario de la revista (in Spanish). Madrid: Hidalguía. p. 368. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  4. ↑ Eudoxio de Jesús Palacio (1971). Los mercedarios en la Argentina: Documentos para su historia, 1535-1754 (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Educación. Retrieved 2013-12-11.

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