Gregorio Ramos Mexía

Gregorio Ramos Mexía
Regidor Perpetuo of the Cabildo de Buenos Aires
In office
1766–1805
Monarch Charles III
Preceded by Miguel Gerónimo de Esparza
Succeeded by Manuel Mansilla
Personal details
Born Gregorio Pedro José Ramos Mexía Márquez de Velasco
November 17, 1725
Sevilla, Spain
Died 1808
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Spanish
Spouse(s) Ana Maria Conget
María Cristina Ross
Occupation politician
Profession attorney
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Gregorio Ramos Mexía or Mejia (1725-1808) was a Spanish merchant and politician.[1] He served as Mayordomo[2] and Regidor of the city of Buenos Aires.[3]

Biography

Ramos Mexía arrived at the Río de la Plata from Cádiz, on March 14, 1749.[4] He served for forty years the position of councilman of the Cabildo, occupying the position that had been of Miguel Gerónimo de Esparza, the oldest regidor that had the city of Buenos Aires, who resigned his position at the age of 88.[5] As dean councilor he took part in the meetings held by the city council, where topics related to the death of Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain, the preparations to receive the new governor Francisco de Paula Bucarelli[6] and the Falklands Crisis (1770).[7]

He was in charge of the realization of the second Buenos Aires census in 1778.[8] He also held the post of alcalde of Buenos Aires, serving on an interim basis for several periods.[9] As a faithful executor he was in charge of the control of commercial activities in the Río de la Plata. He also served on several occasions the position of defensor de menores of the city.[10]

Family

Gregorio Ramos Mexía was the son of Juan Ramos Mexia and María Josefa Márquez de Velazco, belonging to a noble Sevillian family. He was married in the Buenos Aires Cathedral to María Cristina Ross del Pozo Silva,[11] daughter of Guillermo Ross, a Scottish military man, who professed the Protestant religion and Maria Antonia del Pozo Silva y Toledo, born in Buenos Aires in 1719.[12] He and his wife were the parents of numerous children, including Francisco Ramos Mejía and Ildefonso Ramos Mexía, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in 1820.[13]

Gregorio was the patriarch of the Ramos Mexia family in the Argentina, related to the founding of the city Ramos Mejía in Buenos Aires Province.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Quinto centenario, Volume 13, Departamento de Historia de América, Universidad Complutense
  2. ↑ Obras completas, Volume 7, Ricardo Rojas
  3. ↑ Crónicas del Buenos Aires colonial, José Torre Revello
  4. ↑ Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía. Vol. XII
  5. ↑ Los Ramos Mejía: apuntos históricos, Emecé, 1988
  6. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires (1762-1768) (PDF), Archivo General de la Nación Argentina
  7. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires (1769-1773) (PDF), Archivo General de la Nación Argentina
  8. ↑ Documentos para la historia Argentina, Volume 10, Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco
  9. ↑ Los días de Mayo, Volume 1, Alberto David Leiva
  10. ↑ Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Volume 37, Academia Nacional de la Historia
  11. ↑ Cuestión de límites entre la República Argentina y Bolivia, Manuel Ricardo Trelles
  12. ↑ Crónicas y linajes de la gobernación del Plata:, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil
  13. ↑ Historia de la República Argentina en el siglo XIX, Enrique de Gandía
  14. ↑ Los Ramos Mejía: apuntos históricos, Emecé, 1988
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