Juan Gregorio Lemos

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Juan Gregorio Lemos
Battle of Cancha Rayada
Battle of Maipú

Spouse(s)Josefa Tiburcia Castañer Salas

Juan Gregorio Lemos (1764-1822) was an Argentine military man and politician who served in the

province of Mendoza, exerting diverse public positions.[2]

Biography

Lemos was born on May 24, 1764, in Mendoza, Argentina and was baptized on July 16 of the same year in the parish San Nicolás de Tolentino.[3] His parents were Onofre Lemos y Ladrón de Guevara and María Antonia Corvalán de Castilla y Escalante Videla, belonging to a distinguished Creole family.[4] He did his elementary studies in the Colegio Nacional de Monserrat.[5]

In 1803, Lemos served as Alférez in the Regimiento Voluntarios de Caballería de Mendoza, being promoted to lieutenant of the same regiment in 1809.[6] In 1810, he requested the discharge of the army to occupy the position of Regidor of the city Council of Mendoza and then designated as Customs Administrator of that province until 1815.[7]

In 1816, Lemos was designated as Comisario de Guerra (Commissar of War) and Intendant General of the Army of the Andes.[8] He took part in the battles of Chacabuco, Cancha Rayada, and Maipú.[9] In 1820, Lemos accompanied General San Martín in his expedition to Peru, participating in the Declaration of Independence of that country on July 28, 1821.[10]

Juan Gregorio Lemos was married in Buenos Aires to Josefa Tiburcia Castañer Salas,[11] daughter of Martín Castañer Calumer, born in Canet de Mar, and María Isabel Salas Díaz, born in the city.

References

  1. ISBN 9789879549230
  2. ^ Revista de estudios históricos, Volumes 35-36, Argentina, 1990
  3. ^ Bautismos 1755-1774, San Nicolás de Tolentino
  4. ^ Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino, Institución Mitre, 1945
  5. ISBN 9789509921207
  6. ^ Revista, Volume 15, Junta de Estudios Históricos de Mendoza (Argentina), 1940
  7. ISBN 9789504327172
  8. ISBN 9789505625932
  9. ^ Boletín de la Comisión nacional de museos y monumentos históricos, Volume 6, Comisión nacional de museos y monumentos históricos, 1944
  10. ^ La independencia en el Perú, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, 1971
  11. ^ Anales de la Academia Sanmartiniana, Volume 16, Academia Sanmartiniana, 1998

External links

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