Hilario Ramos Mexía

Hilario Ramos Mexía Ross
Contador Mayor of the Court of Audit
In office
1811–1814
Personal details
Born Hilario José Ramos Mexía Ross
1764
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died 1820
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Spouse(s) María Josefa Rodríguez Baquero.[1]
Occupation Government
Profession Accountant

Hilario José Ramos Mexía (1764-1820) was an Argentine accountant and politician.[2] He made his career in the Court of Accounts of Buenos Aires, being his Senior Accountant.[3]

Biography

He was born on January 14, 1764 in Buenos Aires,[4] son of the perpetual regidor of the city Don Gregorio Ramos Mexía and Doña María Cristina Ross del Pozo Silva, belonging to a family of Scottish and Creole origin.[5] After completing his university studies, he began to work in the Buenos Aires Cabildo, serving as Contador Ordinario (accounting officer) of the Court of Auditors.[6]

He had a great political activity in Buenos Aires, participated in the defense and reconquest of the city against the English.[7] And he attended with his brother Ildefonso Ramos Mexía to the Cabildo Abierto of May 1810 (May Revolution) voting in favor of the removal of the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.[8] In 1811, the Junta Grande appointed him to occupy the position of Contador Mayor of the Court of Accounts of Buenos Aires in substitution of Ramón de Oromi.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Genealogía, hombres de mayo, Revista del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  2. ↑ Diplomacia de la Revolución, Volume 1, Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
  3. ↑ Documentos del archivo de Pueyrredón ..., Buenos Aires (Argentina). Museo Mitre
  4. ↑ Bautismos 1752-1775, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  5. ↑ Genealogía, Issues 13-15, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  6. ↑ Páginas sobre Hispanoamérica colonial, Prhisco, Conicet, 1994
  7. ↑ La reconquista y defensa de Buenos Aires, 1806-1807, Instituto de Estudios Históricos sobre la Reconquista y Defensa de Buenos Aires
  8. ↑ Decretos, bandos, leyes y constituciones promulgadas en la Provincia de Buenos Aires desde el año 1810 hasta la fecha: 1810-1814:, Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province)
  9. ↑ Investigaciones y ensayos, Volume 16, Academia Nacional de la Historia
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