Back امبروسيو اوهيجينس ARZ Ambrosio O'Higgins Catalan Ambrosio O’Higgins German Ambrosio O'Higgins Spanish Ambrose O’Higgins Finnish Ambrós Ó hUiginn Irish אמברוסיו או'היגינס HE Ambrosio O'Higgins Italian Ambrosio O'Higgins Portuguese О’Хиггинс, Амбросио Russian
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The Marquess of Osorno | |
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| 36th Viceroy of Peru | |
| In office 24 July 1796 – 18 March 1801 | |
| Monarch | Charles IV |
| Prime Minister | Manuel de Godoy |
| Preceded by | Francisco Gil de Taboada |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Arredondo |
| Royal Governor of Chile | |
| In office May 1788 – 16 May 1796 | |
| Monarch | Charles IV |
| Prime Minister | The Count of Floridablanca |
| Preceded by | Ambrosio de Benavides |
| Succeeded by | José de Rezabal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1720 Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Died | 19 March 1801 (aged 80–81) Lima, Peru |
| Children | Bernardo O'Higgins |
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno[1] (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801[2]) born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins (Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn, in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O'Higgins family.
He served the Spanish Empire as captain general (i.e., military governor) of Chile (1788–1796) and viceroy of Peru (1796–1801). He was the father of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins.[3]
- ^ In full, Spanish: Don Ambrosio [Bernardo] O'Higgins [y O'Higgins], primer Marqués de Osorno, primer Marqués de Vallenar, primer Barón de Ballinar, Virrey del Perú, caballero de la orden de Santiago (Ricardo Donoso, El Marqués de Osorno: Don Ambrosio Higgins, Santiago, Publicaciones de la Universidad de Chile, 1942 p.53).
- ^ irishargentine.org
- ^ Stephen Clissold, "The O'Higgins of Chile" History Today (June 1957) 7#6 pp396-403; father and son.