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Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y 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.
Feb 10, 2022 · Erick Redington starts this series on the O’Higgins family by looking at Ambrosio O’Higgins’ extraordinary life, and how he went from an emigrant to Chile to Viceroy.
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins, was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O'Higgins family.
Regarded as a great reformer and hero, Ambrosio O'Higgins was responsible for opening up large areas in South America by building roads and towns. He also abolished the slavery system that had been in existence since 1544, and earned the title ‘The great viceroy’.
Mar 18, 2017 · O'Higgins used his position to abolish the encomienda system of forced labour for indigenous peoples. He also clamped down on drinking, dancing, satirical verse and fraternisation between ...
…was the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O’Higgins, a Spanish officer of Irish origin who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru; his mother was Isabel Riquelme, a prominent lady of Chillán. Read More. significance to Osorno. In Osorno. …in 1796 by order of Ambrosio O’Higgins (the father of Bernardo O’Higgins). Read More.
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Ambrosio O'Higgins (b. 1720; d. 18 March 1801), viceroy of Peru (1796–1801). 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.
