Francisco López de Osornio Merlo (1681 – 1756) was a Spanish military leader and landowner, who served during the

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as Captain of the provincial militias of Buenos Aires.

Biography

He was born on September 7, 1681, in Buenos Aires, the son of Francisco López Osornio and Tomasa Merlo, belonging to an illustrious family of Spanish and Creole origin. He was married on September 11, 1701, in Metropolitan Cathedral to María Gamiz de las Cuevas, daughter of Pedro Gamiz de las Cuevas and Tomasa Álvarez de Lasarte, a distinguished Spanish family from

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. His son

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, a landowner belonging to the Spanish Army, died assassinated during an indigenous incursion to the Province of Buenos Aires. He had an active participation in the military expeditions aimed at controlling the indigenous advance towards the Province of Buenos Aires. He held the honorific post of Alférez Real of the city, being the one in charge to carry the Estandarte Real in the day of

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. In 1726 he had served as commander of the

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of Barragán, place where had ordered the construction of the first

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merlo, Francisco Lopez de Osornio 1681 births 1750s deaths Military personnel from Buenos Aires Viceroyalty of Peru people Spanish colonial governors and administrators