Tomás O'Horán y Escudero

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Tomás O'Horán
Maximiliano I of Mexico
Preceded byMariano Icaza
Succeeded byPorfirio Díaz
Personal details
Born(1819-01-11)January 11, 1819
Viceroyalty of New Spain
DiedAugust 21, 1867(1867-08-21) (aged 48)
Mexico City, Mexico
Military service
Allegiance Centralist Republic of Mexico
 Second Federal Republic of Mexico
 Second Mexican Empire
Branch Mexican Army
 Imperial Mexican Army
Years of service1836 – 1867
Rank General
Battles/warsTexas Revolution
Pastry War

Mexican–American War

Reform War
Second French intervention in Mexico

Tomás Antonio Ignacio O'Horán y Escudero (1819-1867) was an Imperial Mexican general of Irish descent during the Second French intervention in Mexico. He was known for switching sides during the war as he initially sided with Benito Juárez but after the Siege of Mexico City, O'Horán was executed.

Early military career

He was the son of

Tomas O'Horan who was a prominent politician from Yucatan and the brother to Agustín O'Horán, a doctor who would gain fame in Mexico. He began his military career as a cadet in 1836 as he was within Antonio López de Santa Anna's army to quell the Texas Revolution. He also participated in the Pastry War and was stationed in Yucatán as a second lieutenant to oppose Santiago Imán the following year. During the Mexican–American War, O'Horán participated in the Battle of Buena Vista. Similarly during the Reform War, he sided with the Benito Juárez and the liberal faction of the war.[1]

Second French intervention

Due to his previous affiliation with Juárez, O'Horán again sided with Juárez against the French Empire and the Mexican imperialists. Initially given the nickname "the Immortal of Atlixco", he managed to repel Imperial Mexican forces along with General Antonio Carvajal which played a significant role in the Republican victory during the Battle of Puebla. During the battle, his liberal friend Antonio Taboada asked O'Horán if he would like to switch sides, claiming that if he did so, that Mexico would be brought to stability but he declined at the moment.[2] [3] Later on at the Siege of Puebla, O'Horán launched a raid through the French siege lines to deliver goods to the Republicans which helped to prolong the siege.[4] Due to his military accomplishments, Juárez made O'Horán the military governor of Morelia and later, Governor of the State of Mexico. However, after the Republican forces evacuated Central Mexico and in a difficult employment position, O'Horán defected to the Imperial Mexican Army and managed to quell the unrest at Tlalpan.[1]

O'Horán was then made Mayor of Mexico City when Juárez's forces began to lay

executed by firing squad on August 21, 1867.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Remarkable O'Horáns". The Yucatán Times (in Russian). March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ISBN 9783319704647
    ..
  3. ^ Taboada, Antonio (May 8, 1862). "Carta de Antonio Taboada al Gral. Tomás O'Horan" (in Spanish). Letter to Tomás O'Horan.
  4. ISBN 978-607-487-875-2
    . Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Tweedle, Alec (1906). Porfirio Diaz, Seven Times President of Mexico. London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited. p. 231. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Dictionary of Irish Latin American Biography". Society for Irish Latin American Studies. Retrieved September 12, 2012.

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