File on Tomás Lezo Pacheco, son of the sailor Blas de Lezo and Josefa Mónica Pacheco y Solís, mistress of El Cañal and the Palace of Obieco; to enter as a student at the Royal Seminary of Nobles in Madrid. Born in El Puerto de Santa María on 6 August 1733, Tomás began his service as a marine guard in 1748, being appointed ensign of frigates in 1753, ensign of the Spanish Guards Rifles in 1755, ensign of Grenadiers in 1761, 2nd lieutenant of Rifles in 1763, 2nd lieutenant of Grenadiers in 1768 and 1st lieutenant of Rifles in 1769. In 1775 he applied for the government of Tucumán, vacant due to the death of the previous incumbent. In 1776 he was appointed governor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where he died in 1782.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/4515900

Resource type: Historical source

Format: Unknown

Source: Archivo Histórico Nacional. INSTITUCIONES DEL ANTIGUO RÉGIMEN. CORPORACIONES. Fondo Real Seminario de Nobles de Madrid. Personal. Alumnos. Genealogías de los seminaristas

Language: Spanish

Date: 1747

Owner: Álvaro Chaparro Sainz (Modernalia)

Identifier: ES.28079.AHN//UNIVERSIDADES,666-3,Exp.22

Copyright: © MECD. Archivos Estatales (España)

Abstract: Genealogy of the student of the Royal Seminary of Nobles of Madrid: Tomás Lezo Pacheco y Olaverrieta. Born in Cadiz, 1733. Son of D. Blas de Lezo, squadron commander of the Royal Navy. He entered the Royal Seminary in 1747. Baptismal certificate and testimony of nobility.

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