Tomas O'Horan
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Tomás Antonio O'Horán y Argüello (1775–1848) was a Mexican
lawyer, magistrate and senator, resident most of his life in Mérida, Yucatán
in Mexico
.
Tomas was born somewhere in the Yucatán
region, the son of John O'Horan, a native of Aughane, Ireland
, and María Gertrudis de Argüello y Monte, of Campeche
. John had come to the Yucatán region by way of the Canary Islands
.
Tomas was educated at the Seminario Conciliar of Campeche from about 1794 to 1799 and subsequently was a professor of law there. He served from October 1823 to April 1825 as a member of the Second Triumvirate (ruling council) of the United Provinces of Central America, serving as Chairman every third month. He served in the Mexican Senate representing Yucatán in 1835. Subsequently he was also a magistrate in Mérida.
Tomas married Gertrudis Escudero de la Rocha with whom he had several children.
One of his sons, Tomás O'Horán Escudero (1819–1867) became a general in the Mexican armed forces who fought against the French invasion in 1862
, and was appointed Governor and Military Commander of the State of Mexico by Benito Juárez
, but later served as Prefect of the Valley of Mexico under the French, and was shot by the forces of Benito Juárez in 1867 after they re-took Mexico City
.
Another son, Agustín Jorge O'Horán Escudero (1828–1884) was a medical doctor for whom the oldest hospital in Mérida is named.
Mexico
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lawyer, magistrate and senator, resident most of his life in Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...
in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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Tomas was born somewhere in the Yucatán
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....
region, the son of John O'Horan, a native of Aughane, Ireland
Aughane, Ireland
Aughane is a townland located in Rostellan Parish, County Cork in Ireland.-References:...
, and María Gertrudis de Argüello y Monte, of Campeche
Campeche
Campeche is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in Southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west...
. John had come to the Yucatán region by way of the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
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Tomas was educated at the Seminario Conciliar of Campeche from about 1794 to 1799 and subsequently was a professor of law there. He served from October 1823 to April 1825 as a member of the Second Triumvirate (ruling council) of the United Provinces of Central America, serving as Chairman every third month. He served in the Mexican Senate representing Yucatán in 1835. Subsequently he was also a magistrate in Mérida.
Tomas married Gertrudis Escudero de la Rocha with whom he had several children.
One of his sons, Tomás O'Horán Escudero (1819–1867) became a general in the Mexican armed forces who fought against the French invasion in 1862
French intervention in Mexico
The French intervention in Mexico , also known as The Maximilian Affair, War of the French Intervention, and The Franco-Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by an expeditionary force sent by the Second French Empire, supported in the beginning by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain...
, and was appointed Governor and Military Commander of the State of Mexico by Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
, but later served as Prefect of the Valley of Mexico under the French, and was shot by the forces of Benito Juárez in 1867 after they re-took Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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Another son, Agustín Jorge O'Horán Escudero (1828–1884) was a medical doctor for whom the oldest hospital in Mérida is named.