Francisco de Cabrera
Captain Francisco de Cabrera | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Mayor of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 1762–1763 | |
| Monarch | Charles III of Spain |
| Preceded by | Antonio de Velasco |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio de Irigoyen y Echenique |
| Procurador General of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 1761–1762 | |
| Preceded by | Antonio de Velasco Quintana |
| Succeeded by | Eugenio Lerdo de Tejada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco de Cabrera y Dávalos 1718 Granada, Spain |
| Died | 1787 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata |
| Occupation | army politician merchant |
| Profession | jurist |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Spanish Empire |
| Branch/service | Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 1738–1767 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Fuerte de Buenos Aires |
Francisco de Cabrera (1718–1787) was a Spanish merchant and politician,[1] who served as regidor, alcalde and prosecutor of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Peru.[2]
Biography[edit]
Cabrera was born in Granada, Andalusia (Spain), son of Francisco de Cabrera and María Ignacia Dávalos.[3] He was married on June 13, 1741, with to Antonia Isabel de Saavedra,[4] born in Buenos Aires, daughter of Bernardo de Saavedra and Ana de la Palma Lobatón.[5]
In the position of procurator of the city, Cabrera made important services to the community of Buenos Aires, defending the interests of its inhabitants and the Council.[6] He integrated the distinguished group of influential neighbors of the viceroyalty, that included Gregorio Ramos Mexía and Francisco Antonio de Escalada, two of the most important politicians of Buenos Aires.[7]
Exercising the position of mayor of Buenos Aires, he participated in the debates about the wars against Portugal and England (Anglo-Spanish War). On March 22, 1762, the City Council entrusted him to inform the King of Spain of the funeral honors performed in Buenos Aires to the Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony.[8]
Francisco de Cabrera and his wife were the parents of Toribia María Francisca Cabrera, married to his relative Cornelio Saavedra, an Argentine patriot, who was appointed president of the Primera Junta of government of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1810.[9] His grandson, Pedro Medrano Cabrera,[10] was Deputy in the Congress of Tucumán of the July 9, 1816.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ La Revista de Buenos Aires, Navarro Viola y Quesada, 1870
- ^ Ensayo sobre los artífices de la platería en el Buenos Aires colonial, Fernando Márquez Miranda, 1933
- ^ Genealogía, hombres de mayo, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1961
- ^ Matrimonios 1656–1762, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
- ^ Saavedra, el hombre de Mayo, Ediciones Culturales Argentinas, Ministerio de Cultura y Educación, 1980
- ^ Sobre el Perú, José Agustín Puente Candamo, 2002, ISBN 9789972424724
- ^ Publicaciones, Volúmenes 1–3, Universidad Nacional. Instituto de Historia de la Medicina, 1938
- ^ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, publicados bajo la dirección del director del Archivo general de la nación ... Serie I-IV; 1589–1821, Eugenio Corbet France, Augusto S. Mallié, Héctor C. Quesada, 1927
- ^ Saavedra: biografía escrita por encargo de la Comisión Nacional de Homenaje al prócer, Juan Rómulo Fernández, 1929
- ^ El superintendente Manuel Ignacio Fernández (1778–1783), Ricardo Rees Jones – Instituto de Investigaciones de Historia del Derecho, 1992, ISBN 9789509494039
- ^ Historia, Issues 42–45, Argentina, 1966