Martín Antonio Álvarez de Sotomayor y Soto-Flores, 1st Count of Colomera (1723 – 1819) was a

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officer and nobleman. He fought in Italy during the

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(1733–1735) and was

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during the 1762 war with Portugal. From 1788 to 1790 he was

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and during the Anglo-Spanish War he led the

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until 1782, when he was relegated to command only its Spanish contingent. He was a minister and recipient of the

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, but died without issue.

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