Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis Of Osorno
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno (c. 1720, Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland – March 19, 1801, Lima, Peru) born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins (Ambrós Ó hUiginn, in Irish), was a member of the O'Higgins family and an Irish-born Spanish colonial administrator. He served the Spanish Empire as captain general (i.e., military governor) of Chile (1788–1796) and viceroy of Peru (1796–1801). Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins was his illegitimate son.
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