A member of the O'Higgins family, Ambrose was born at his family's ancestral seat in Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland; the son of Charles O'Higgins and his wife (and kinswoman) Margaret O'Higgins, who having lost their lands in Sligo migrated and became tenant farmers at Clondoogan near Summerhill in County Meath ca. Michael D Higgins, ninth and current President of Ireland, was born on April 18, 1941 in Limerick city and was brought up in County Clare. In 1784 the Governor of Chiloé, Francisco Hurtado del Pino, and Ambrosio O'Higgins had been ordered to open a route over Huilliche territory between Maullín and Valdivia. A member of the O'Higgins family, Ambrose was born at his family's ancestral seat in Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland; the son of Charles O'Higgins and his wife (and kinswoman) Margaret O'Higgins,[4] who having lost their lands in Sligo migrated and became tenant farmers at Clondoogan near Summerhill in County Meath ca. In 1761 he was hired as a draughtsman by John Garland, an Irish-born captain in the Spanish royal engineering corps, and they were charged with repairing fortifications in southern Chile. O'Higgins (Irish: Ó hUiginn) is an Irish noble family.Its Ballynary line is descended from Shean Duff O'Higgins (fl. And that’s thanks to one man. O'Higgins was military governor there at the time, and six months before had recommended that Spain organize an expedition to the Pacific similar to those led by Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse and James Cook. This caused alarm among the Huilliche of the plains of Osorno, who decided to ally with the Huilliche Aillarehues of the Bueno River valley and those around Lake Ranco to the north, and to request intervention by the Governor of Valdivia, Mariano Pusterla. He who is brave, follow me!" Within four years he had been promoted to field marshal. He was directly responsible for the establishment of a reliable postal service between La Plata colony and the General Captaincy of Chile. He improved communications and trade with other Spanish colonies, based on a growing agricultural base. Ambrosio O Higgins ( b. He focused on developing the resources of the country, with an enlightened policy that accomplished much for Spanish interest, but also paved the way for later events in the country's history. [citation needed], In 1777, Ambrosio O'Higgins became acquainted with the powerful Riquelme family from Chillán, and fell in love with the daughter, Isabel Riquelme, almost forty years his junior (she was 18 or 19 at the time, while he was 57 years old). [citation needed], Isabel gave birth to Ambrosio's only son, Bernardo, in August 1778. Published in. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. When you have reset your password, you can, Please choose a screen name. Isabel was only 16 at the time and it was love at first sight. Receive a weekly newsletter covering emigration issues and stories from the Irish diaspora. The climax of that journey was an arduous passage over the Andes. Ambrosio O’Higgins was a poor farm boy who lived in Ireland with his parents. This name will appear beside any comments you post. Bernardo O’Higgins was born in Chillán, a town in southern Chile, then a colony of Spain. Along with other members of his family Ambrose worked in the service of the Rowley-Langford family of Summerhill House. Along with other members of his family Ambrose worked in the service of the Rowley-Langford family. "The O'Higgins of Chile", Barbier, Jacques A. "Relajo bajo los árboles :)" ", This page was last edited on 12 December 2020, at 16:35. The two Irishmen manufactured 220,000 bricks on site in pursuit of that effort. Alternate Formats. To disregard this law was to risk career and position. Bernardo O'Higgins would later lead Chile to its independence from the Spanish Empire. The same year, 1793, a new parliament was held in Negrete on the northern frontier with the aim of ratifying and renewing the older Treaty of Lonquilmo from 1783. While in the treaty of Río Bueno the Spanish had been allowed to form haciendas only north of the Bueno River, establishing that watercourse as a de facto frontier, the Spaniards now acquired the right to set up haciendas south of it. Ballynary isn’t strictly a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kind of place. Bernardo was practically destitute when, in 1801, the old man died – and, surprisingly, named him his sole heir. In 1792 O'Higgins rebuilt Osorno, and as a reward was created 1st Marquess of Osorno by King Charles IV in 1796. But this tiny Co Sligo townland has left a permanent footprint on two continents. O'HIGGINS FAMILY IN AMERICA The following is a contribution toward a bibliography on the O'Higgins family in America, with particular refer-ence to the outstanding members, Ambrosio, Viceroy of Peru, and his son Bernardo, first president of independent Chile.' de Chile, 1989: (O'Higgins, Ambrosio; b. between 1720 and 1725; d. 1801) Change Notes. Parents: Ambrosio O'Higgins and Isabel Riquelme; Died: October 24, 1842 in Lima, Peru; Education: San Carlos College, Peru, Catholic school in England; Notable Quote: "Lads! Once there, and for some time, he was an itinerant trader in Venezuela, New Granada, and Peru, but, being investigated by the Inquisition, he moved to La Plata Colony, in present-day Argentina, where he tried some commercial ventures. Demetrio, who visited his relatives in Summerhill in 1862,[5] had no sons and consequently all his descendants are in the female line. Also at Archivo Nacional de Chile, Fondo Vicuña Mackenna, vol.304, D, ff. See 42 photos and 3 tips from 231 visitors to Parque Ambrosio O'higgins. Bernardo O’Higgins was the locally-born illegitimate son of Ambrosio O’Higgins and Isabel Riquelme, a criolla from a prominent family of Basque origin in Chillán. dic. Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins was his son. In February 1787, the frigate Astrea under the command of Alessandro Malaspina called at Talcahuano, the port of Concepcion, in the course of a commercial circumnavigation of the world on behalf of the Royal Philippines Company. As noted in his Certificate of Baptism, he was the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O’Higgins, a Spanish officer of Irish origin who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru; … Your screen name should follow the standards set out in our. Su familia era noble pero pobre de solemnidad, por lo que tuvo que ejercer varios oficios menores durante su juventud. The story of Bernardo O'Higgins starts with his father, Ambrosio. The treaty celebrations were held from 4 March to 7 March, with many banquets of wine and meat being held for the numerous participants. Where his father had been a conservative and a monarchist, Bernardo was a revolutionary and an exponent of liberal republicanism. O’Rorke, T. (1889) "The History of Sligo Town and County Vol. Ambrose (later Ambrosio) O’Higgins was born here, to an impoverished Catholic farming family, in 1720. Although best known as the father of Bernardo O Higgins, Chile s first president, Ambrosio was an important figure in his own right, particularly as captain-general of Chile from 1789 until his promotion to Peru. As an Irishman and a Catholic, he was able to emigrate legally to Spanish America in 1756. Pedro Normande to Floridablanca, St. Petersburg, 16 February 1787, Archivo Histórico Nacional (Madrid), Estado, legajo 4289; copy held at Library of Congress Manuscripts Division, Foreign Copying Project Reproductions; quoted in Anthony H. Hull. Ambrose O’Higgins, known in South America as Ambrosio, at the age of 57 seduced a beautiful young girl of eighteen having promised to marry her. 396–399. but at the time of O’Higgins’ birth, Ambrosio O’Higgins was only a junior military officer. 1654, the O'Higgins' lands became smaller and smaller. Miranda schooled the young man in Enlightenment philosophy. 2013-03-11: revised. He was a leader in the Chilean war of independence and is considered the “Founding Father of Chile ”. He was a leader in the Chilean war of independence and is considered the “Founding Father of Chile”. In 1751, O'Higgins arrived at Cádiz, where he dedicated himself to commerce as an employee of the Butler Trading House. y bio. Ambrose O'Higgins was born in Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland; the son of Charles O'Higgins and his wife (and cousin) Margaret O'Higgins, tenant farmers who after migrating to Summerhill in County Meath ca. Fueron sus padres Carlos Higgins y Margarita Higgins. Arribà a Espanya el 1749 i, després de residir a Cadis, marxà cap a Amèrica. He rose quickly in the ranks. 1721. As governor of Chile, one of the most troublesome, poor, and remote of Spanish outposts, O'Higgins was extremely active, promoting the construction of a definitive road between the capital Santiago and the port of Valparaíso (part of the layout of which is still in use today), continued the building of the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago, improved roads, and erected permanent dikes along the banks of the Mapocho river which regularly flooded Santiago. And few were as ambitious as Ambrosio O’Higgins. In 1788, in return for his efforts in South America, King Charles III of Spain created O'Higgins 1st Barón de Ballinar (a title in the peerage of Spain, and not to be confused with the family's existing Gaelic title), and promoted him to major-general. Ambrosio O`Higgins's Geni Profile. On 7 September 1777, the viceroy Manuel de Amat promoted him to colonel. We reserve the right to remove any content at any time from this Community, including without limitation if it violates the, For the best site experience please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. He was made lieutenant-general in 1794. Following the designs of O'Higgins the mountain huts known as Casuchas del Rey were built in the 1760s to secure communications across the Andes.[8]. This treaty averted invasion from Chiloé, and gave the Huilliches of Osorno support from the Valdivia authorities against raids by the Aillarehue of Quilacahuín. ), Gaelic Baron of Ballynary, who was married to a daughter of the royal family of O'Conor at Ballintuber Castle in Connacht.Shean Duff O'Higgins himself claimed descent from King Niall of Tara (d. 450 C.E.). [citation needed], Bernardo O'Higgins led Chile as Supreme Director from 1818 to 1823 when he was forced to resign and go into exile with his mother, sister and son Demetrio O'Higgins in Peru. In an era when the anti-Catholic Penal Laws were in force at home, Cadiz was a magnet for ambitious young Irishmen. En 1826, Ambrosio de la Cuadra, enginyer general, aconseguia la promulgació d'una Real Ordre, amb data de […] 20 d'agost, per la qual s'obria novament l'Acadèmia d'Enginyers, aquesta vegada en Madrid. To comment you must now be an Irish Times subscriber. 5–26. At the age 30, he moved to a town in Chile and, after saving money at his many jobs, met a rich lady named Isabel Ricquelme. He also clamped down on drinking, dancing, satirical verse and fraternisation between unmarried men and women. From there, O'Higgins proposed to open easy communication between Chile and Mendoza by a way over the Andes, and, his proposition being accepted, he was employed to supervise the project. View high-resolution motorsport photography from an extensive racing archive. On his first harrowing journey over the Andes mountains separating Argentina and Chile during the winter of 1763–64, O'Higgins conceived the idea of a chain of weatherproof shelters. In 1795 he was made viceroy of Lima, the highest royal official in Spanish America. Ambrosio O'Higgins statue at Plaza de Armas Square in San Jose de Maipo town at Cajon del Maipo ... Milan, Danilo D Ambrosio meets in the center Lorenzo Insigne The defender of 'Inter of the National Danilo D'Ambrosio while walking through the streets of the center with his son and wife Enza, coincidentally meets Lorenzo Insigne, striker of Naples and the National team. Bernardo O’Higgins, a member of the O’Higgins Family, was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1778, the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O’Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, a Spanish officer born in Co Sligo, who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru. Two years later, Isabel married Félix Rodríguez with whom she had a daughter, Rosa Rodríguez Riquelme. 1720; d. 18 March 1801), viceroy of Peru (1796–1801). You could drive through it with your eyes wide open and you’d probably still miss it. In southern Chile he was a frequent guest at the home of a landowner named Simon Riquelme. Ambrosio Higgins (en gaélico irlandés: Ambróis Ó hUigínn) (Ballenary, Irlanda, 1720 - Lima, Perú, 19 de marzo de 1801), conocido con los títulos de Marqués de Osorno, Marqués de Vallenar, Baron de Ballenary; fue un militar y gobernador irlandés al servicio de la corona española, Gobernador de Chile y … After that, the Spaniards considered it appropriate to enter into a new treaty with the Huilliche leaders, and a conference with this object was held in Las Canoas, in Osorno, in 1793. found: Dicc. Este es el caso de Ambrosio O’Higgins, nativo de Ballenary (c.1720), una remota aldea rural de Sligo, uno de los condados más pobres de una isla, Irlanda, ya de por sí a la periferia de la Europa de inicios del XVIII. Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins (Ballenary, Irlanda, 1720 - Lima, Perú, 19 de març de 1801) va ser un militar i polític espanyol d'origen irlandès, pare de l'heroi de la independència xilena Bernardo O'Higgins. His father died in 1801, leaving O’Higgins a large piece of land, the Hacienda Las Canteras, near the Chilean city of Los Ángeles. Ambrosio O'Higgins, Bernardo's father, continued his professional rise and became Viceroy of Peru; at seventeen Bernardo O'Higgins was sent to London to complete his studies. Please enter your email address so we can send you a link to reset your password. 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Build your family tree online ; Share photos and videos ; Smart Matching™ technology ; Free! There, studying history and the arts, O'Higgins became acquainted with American ideas of independence and developed a sense of nationalist pride, coming to admire liberalism in the Georgian British model. He grew up in southern Chile but was later sent to Lima and then London to study. He funded the education of Bernardo Riquelme but never met his son. [13], Due to this encroachment into their land, the O'Higgins family migrated to Summerhill in County Meath, where they became lowly tenant farmers and worked in the service of the Rowley-Langford family. He gained the good-will of the Indians by his humanity and benevolence, and recovered big swathes of territory that had been lost by the Spaniards. Despite the limited extent of this rebellion, which never became a real threat to Valdivia, the Spanish authorities responded to it with rigour. By 1766, thanks to O'Higgins' efficient execution of this plan, Chile enjoyed all-year overland postal service with Argentina, which had previously been cut off for several months each winter.[7]. As Peru was the second richest colony after New Spain (Mexico) in the Spanish empire, the Viceroyship was one of the most prominent posts in all of Spanish America. hist. At that point the Huilliches offered to facilitate the new Camino Real and to allow Spaniards to reoccupy Osorno, a city that had been abandoned in 1602. [9] O'Higgins had made this recommendation following the visit of the Lapérouse expedition to Concepcion in March 1786, and he presumably discussed it with Malaspina while the Astrea was at Concepcion. He founded cities including San Ambrosio de Ballenary, now Vallenar (1789); Villa de San Francisco de Borja de Combarbalá, now Combarbalá (1789); Villa San Rafael de Rozas, now Illapel (1789); Santa Rosa de los Andes, now Los Andes (1791); San José de Maipo (1792); Nueva Bilbao, now Constitución (1794); Villa de San Ambrosio de Linares, now Linares (1794), and Villa Reina Luisa del Parral, now Parral (1795). Early life. 1720-1801 100 1 _ ‡a O'Higgins, Ambrosio ‡d … hist. Contact profile manager; View family tree; Problem with this page? A decade later O’Higgins was anointed first barón de Ballinar – a local take on his home place – by the Spanish king and promoted to governor of Chile. 1721, worked in the service of the Rowley-Langford family.In fact Ambrose is said to have been employed by Lady Jane Rawley. He projected and constructed a new carriage-road from Lima to Callao, and his principal attention during his short administration was directed to the improvement of means of communication. Following the Astrea's return to Spain, Malaspina produced, in partnership with José de Bustamante, a proposal for an expedition along the lines set out in O'Higgins' memorandum. One of his first solo initiatives was to conceive and construct a series of weatherproof refuges along this route across the mountain range, which provided a year-round communication channel between Argentina and Chile for the first time. Soon afterward he became Captain General and Governor of Chile. Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801 ) 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. You should receive instructions for resetting your password. [4], The O'Higgins family were a sept of the O'Neill dynasty who migrated to Sligo in the 12th century. Live with honor, or die with glory! He was educated in England, and after a visit to Spain he lived quietly on his estate in Chile until the revolution broke out. A member of the O'Higgins family, Ambrose was born at his family's ancestral seat in Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland; the son of Charles O'Higgins and his wife (and kinswoman) Margaret O'Higgins, who having lost their lands in Sligo migrated and became tenant farmers at Clondoogan near Summerhill in County Meath ca. On the other hand, the Governor of Chiloé, Francisco Hurtado, supported a hard line against the Huilliches and threatened them with military invasion. Copying older treaties, the King of Spain was confirmed as the sovereign of the Araucanía, while the possession of the land was reserved for the Mapuches, which resulted in a de jure sovereignty of the King of Spain but in a de facto independence of the Mapuche-controlled lands. He abolished the encomienda system whereby natives were forced to work the land for the crown, an act reinforced by royal decree in 1791. He was initially commissioned as a junior subaltern in the Spanish army. [5] Along with other members of his family Ambrose worked in the service of the Rowley-Langford family of Summerhill House. Ambrosio de O’higgins. del Perú, 1986: (O'Higgins, Ambrosio; d. 03-18-1800) found: Hist. The portrait that emerges of O’Higgins from Tim Fanning’s Paisanos: The Forgotten Irish Who Changed the Face of Latin America is of a dour but industrious fellow. Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins was his son. When war was declared between Britain and Spain in 1797, O'Higgins took active measures for the defense of the coast, strengthening the fortifications of Callao and constructing a fort in Pisco. When he was 30 he emigrated to the Spanish city of Cadiz: home of the Spanish navy and an important hub for trade with the New World. Lima was still the jewel in Spain’s South American crown, and the city of Valdivia was a crucial resupply point for Spanish ships sailing there via Cape Horn. The details of O'Higgins's early career are obscure. Commenting on The Irish Times has changed. But it wasn’t until he was commissioned as an army captain, to lead a campaign against the Mapuche tribe on the frontiers in southern Chile, that his career really took off. Ambrosio de O’higgins. Charles O'Higgins' grandfather, Sean Duff O'Higgins, held the Gaelic territorial title of Tiarna or Lord of Ballinary, and he was married to an O'Conor, daughter of the Royal House of O'Conor of Ballintober Castle, which ruled Ireland until the year 1000. Although best known as the father of Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile's first president, Ambrosio was an important figure in his own right, particularly as captain-general of Chile from 1789 until his promotion to Peru. He grew up in southern Chile, but was later sent to Lima and then London to study. 1720; d. 18 March 1801), viceroy of Peru (1796 1801). The Irish Times site for and about Irish-connected people around the world. He served the Spanish Empire as captain general (i.e., military governor) of Chile (1788–1796) and viceroy of Peru (1796–1801). Donoso, Ricardo. Returning to Spain, he made an ally of that country’s Irish former prime minister, Richard (or Ricardo) Wall. The details of O Higgins s early career are obscure. Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins, was a Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O'Higgins family. Get Started. Early Life . The Chilean city of Vallenar, and Vallenar Bay in Alaska, were both later named in his honour. Figueroa set fire to Indian houses and croplands near his marching route, and arrested a large number of male Huilliches as suspected rebels. Please subscribe to sign in to comment. Ambrosio Bernardo 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 became the first leader of an independent Chile and remains a national hero there. O’Higgins used his position to abolish the encomienda system of forced labour for indigenous peoples. Bernardo O’Higgins – he took his surname in violation of his late father’s wishes – was now one of the richest men in South America. José de Espinoza y Tello, one of the officers of the Malaspina expedition, subsequently confirmed the importance of the information sent by O'Higgins in stimulating the Government to initiate an extensive program of exploration in the Pacific. Ambrosio O’Higgins: the Chilean city of Vallenar and Vallenar Bay, in Alaska, were named in his honour. The patriotic cellist who refused to play Rule, Britannia! Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins was his son.[3]. "Tradition and Reform in Bourbon Chile: Ambrosio O'Higgins and Public Finances. 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Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, "Chile en el macrocircuito de la yerba mate. When word of his son’s association with this enemy of the Spanish crown filtered back to Lima, Ambrosio ordered his European friends to disown the boy. He served the Spanish Empire as captain general (i.e., military governor) of Chile (1788–1796) and viceroy of Peru (1796–1801). 1600 C.E. [citation needed], There are various towns, bays, and other Spanish discoveries in the Americas which were named after his birthplace during his time as Viceroy, such as Vallenar (originally named San Ambrosio de Ballenary, later Hispanicized to Vallenar) in Chile and Vallenar Bay in Alaska. He died suddenly after a short illness in 1801, and was interred in the Iglesia de San Pablo, now the Jesuit-run Iglesia de San Pedro, Lima. II – Conclusion" (Dublin: Duffy & Company). Then, in 1756, he sailed to South America to sell goods on behalf of a group of Cadiz businessmen. He took a job with the Butler Trading House, an Irish merchant firm. [12] As Gaelic nobles they had owned great expanses of land particularly in the Irish counties of Sligo and Westmeath, but with the expropriations of Catholics by Oliver Cromwell, and the deportation of tenants to County Sligo after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ca. In 1778 he impregnated Riquelme’s teenage daughter Isabel. One of the foremost leaders in the Chilean struggle for independence and head of the first permanent national government, was a natural son of the Irishman Ambrosio O'Higgins, governor of Chile (1788-96), and was born at Chillán on the 20th of August 1778. The National Genealogical Office (Dublin), MS 165. pp. But his son Bernardo was shunted off to Europe, without much in the way of financial support, lest word of his existence prove damaging politically. Ambrose O’Higgins was born in County Sligo in 1720 and, after emigrating to Spain, joined the army changed his name to Ambrosio and was posted to Chile. The account details entered are not currently associated with an Irish Times subscription. Their descendants remain in Summerhill however; Bridget O'Higgins who died in 1947 was the last in Summerhill to carry the family name as others had emigrated to the US and migrated to Dublin. A short time later, on 14 October 1788, Malaspina was informed of the government's acceptance of his plan. Yes, I'd like to receive Word of the Day emails from YourDictionary.com. However, abuses in this settlement and a fast advance of new haciendas made several chiefs change their minds. Though Ambrosio O'Higgins never saw or officially recognised his son as his legal heir, he paid for his education in England and left him a portion of his possessions in Peru and Chile. The latter had good relations with the Huilliches of Río Bueno and Ranco because of his support for peaceful contact coupled with a religious mission, and refused to establish any new fort in the territory. The caciques Tangol from Río Bueno, Queipul and Catrihuala decided to form an alliance. In 1796, O'Higgins was appointed Viceroy of Peru, comprising present-day Peru and Chile. of Chile, 1987: (O'Higgins Ballenary, Ambrose; 1720-1801; Ambrosio O'Higgins y Vallenar) found: Dicc. The Huilliche Rebellion of 1792 ensued, beginning with the pillaging of haciendas and missions, and with the ultimate aim of attacking Valdivia, which despite being well defended from the north and west, seemed vulnerable to a land attack from the southeast. The new Parque O'Higgins Circuit layout was also revealed on the day itself, ... 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