Manuel Antonio Warnes

Manuel Antonio Warnes
Personal details
Born Manuel Antonio Warnes y Durango
June 19, 1727
Cartagena, Spain
Died 1802
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Spanish
Spouse(s) María Josepha Arraez
Ana Jacoba García de Zúñiga..[1]
Occupation government
Profession Military
Religion Catholicism

Manuel Antonio Warnes (1727-1802) was a Spanish military, Regidor and Alcalde of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[2]

Biography

Manuel Antonio Warnes had arrived in port of Buenos Aires from Cadiz as Master of the French frigate "Amable Maria".[3] He was the son of Patricio Benito Warnes Geer and Juana María Durango y Atienza. His great great grandfather was Salomón Warnes (born in Connacht), banished from Ireland for religious reasons, he had settled in Antwerp, at the beginning of the 17th century.[4]

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