Tomás de Figueroa

Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca (1747 – 1811) was a Spanish soldier. He was active in the military outpost of Valdivia and later in Santiago as a royalist during the early phase of the Chilean struggle for independence. He was born in Estepona, near Málaga in southern Spain. A soldier by profession, he had to migrate Chile in 1775 after having killed a man in a duel in Spain. In late 1792 he led Spanish forces that suppressed a Huilliche uprising around Río Bueno and Futahuillimapu in southern Chile.[1] After leading a mutiny to restore colonial order in Santiago on April 1, 1811, he was summarily executed on the orders of pro-independence leader Juan Martínez de Rozas.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Caravaca.
Tomás de Figueroa
Born1747 (1747)
Estepona, Spain
DiedApril, 1811 (aged 63–64)
Santiago, Captaincy General of Chile, Spanish Empire
AllegianceSpain
Battles/wars

References
  1. Barros Arana, Diego (2000) [1886]. "Capítulo XVII". Historia General de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. VII (2 ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria. pp. 66–69. ISBN 956-11-1535-2.


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