Bartolomé Saraví (1797–1862) was an Argentine army officer who toke part in the Argentine War of Independence.[1] He served as General Minister of La Rioja Province, Argentina during the government of Vicente Mota in 1847.[2]
Bartolomé Saraví | |
|---|---|
| Ministro de Gobierno of La Rioja Province, Argentina | |
| In office 1847–1848 | |
| Preceded by | Tomás Valdés |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Juez de Paz of Carmen de Areco | |
| In office 1840–1841 | |
| Preceded by | ? |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco Cándido Bartolomé Saraví y Melo 1797 Buenos Aires |
| Died | 1762 Carmen de Areco, Buenos Aires Province |
| Spouse | Simona Blanco (1798-1871) |
| Occupation | military politician |
| Profession | army |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Unitarian Army Argentine Confederation Ejército Grande1852 |
| Branch/service | Argentine Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Argentine War of Independence Argentine Civil Wars |
Biography
editHe was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Ramón Saraví and Margarita Melo, belonging to a distinguished Creole family.[3] He did his elementary studies in Colegio Nacional de Monserrat,[4] and completed his tertiary studies at the University of Córdoba.[5] He served as a militia lieutenant in the Regimiento de Húsares de Buenos Aires, participating in some of the major skirmishes occurred towards the end of the War of Independence.[6]
He also had an active participation in the Argentine civil wars serving in the ranks of Unitarian Army, and later to the cause of Argentine Confederation..[7] In 1840 he was deposed from the post of Juez de paz of Carmen de Areco by order of Hilario Lagos due to disagreements with Juan Manuel de Rosas.[8] Years later in 1847 he was appointed to the post of Minister General of La Rioja by then-Governor Vicente Maza, a politician of Federal leaning deposed from office in 1848.[9]
In 1852 he joined the Ejército Grande participating in the Battle of Caseros against the troops of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[10]
Family
editBartolomé Saraví was married to Simona Blanco, daughter of Ramón Blanco and Basilia Biaus, belonging to a family of landowners of Carmen de Areco.[11] He and his wife were parents of Federico Saraví, married to Luisa Walker Serrano,[12] the sister of Abraham Walker,[13] and Mariano Saraví, husband of Juana Hardy, daughter of Pilar Sosa and Tomás Hardy, an English immigrant.[14]
His son Fermín Saravi, a Captain of the Argentine army,[15] was married to Faustina Canavery, daughter of Joaquín Canavery and María Ana Bayá, belonging to a Creole family of Irish roots.[16]
His father Ramón Saraví, was killed while defending the city against the British during the first English Invasion of Buenos Aires.[17]
References
edit- ^ Campañas militares argentinas. Isidoro J. Ruiz Moreno. 2005. ISBN 9789500427944.
- ^ Colección Mario César Gras (1577-1883). Mario César Gras, Liliana Crespi (Archivo General de la Nación). 1997. ISBN 9789879206034.
- ^ Bautismos 1794-1804, Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción
- ^ La instrucción primaria durante la dominación española, Luisa Buren de Sanguinetti, 1940
- ^ Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Volume 26, Issues 3-4. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 1939.
- ^ Registro nacional de la República argentina, Argentina, 1880
- ^ Mensage del Gobierno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, 1848
- ^ Rosas bajo fuego, Jorge Gelman, May 2012, ISBN 9789500739009
- ^ Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, 1875
- ^ Trabajos y comunicaciones, Volumen 23, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, 1978
- ^ Informes de los consejeros legales del poder ejecutivo, República Argentina, 1890
- ^ Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, Librería y editorial "La Facultad", Bernabé y cía, 1939
- ^ Boletín, Volume 24, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 1940
- ^ Familias platenses, Rubén Mario de Luca, 2002
- ^ Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores, Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. Senado de la Nación, 1894
- ^ Bautismos 1850-1862, Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- ^ Diario de Buenos Aires: 1806-1807, Alberto Mario Salas, 1981