Miguel de Merlos
Miguel Antonio de Merlos y Martínez was a Spanish politician and military officer, who served as a military commander in the Fuerte de Buenos Aires. He was ordained as Knight of the Royal Order of Santiago in 1745.Biography
He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Miguel Antonio de Merlos, a distinguished military man born in Murcia, and Rosa Martínez de Figueroa, belonging to an illustrious Creole family of the Kingdom of Chile. He did his secondary and tertiary studies in Spain, and made his military and political career in Buenos Aires, where he served as attorney general and sub-mayor of the city around 1735.
Miguel de Merlos was married in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires with María Teresa del Saz y Guerreros, born in La Rioja, daughter of Juan del Saz y Guerreros and Juana García Urbana y Calvo de la Banda, a noble lady of the city of Seville. His daughter Micaela de Merlos was married to Francisco Millau y Maraval, a Spanish geographer and military man of outstanding performance in the colonial period of Buenos Aires.
