Pablo Morillo

Spanish military officer and colonial administrator (1775–1837) Pablo Morillo y MorilloPortrait by Horace Vernet, 1820Captain General of VenezuelaIn office1815–1816MonarchFerdinand VIIPreceded byJuan Manuel CajigalSucceeded bySalvador de MoxóIn office1819–1820Preceded byJuan Bautista PardoSucceeded byMiguel de la Torre Personal detailsBorn5 May 1775Fuentesecas, SpainDied27 July 1837(1837-07-27) (aged 62)Barèges, FranceSignatureMilitary serviceAllegianceSpainBranch/serviceSpanish Navy Spanish ArmyRankLieutenant generalCommandsEjército Expedicionario de Tierra FirmeBattles/wars War of the First Coalition French expedition to Sardinia War of the Pyrenees Siege of Roses (1794–1795) Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) (POW) Assault on Cádiz Battle of Trafalgar (POW) Peninsular War Battle of Bailen Battle of Puente Sanpayo Battle of Vitoria Spanish American wars of independence Spanish reconquest of New Granada Siege of Cartagena (1815) Lieutenant-General Pablo Morillo y Morillo, Count of Cartagena and Marquess of La Puerta (5 May 1775 – 27 July 1837), known as El Pacificador (The Pacifier), was a Spanish military officer and colonial administr