Argentine military officer
Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid, 1855 Comandante General Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid (or "de La Madrid"; 28 November 1795 in San Miguel de Tucumán – 5 January 1857 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine military officer and briefly, governor of several provinces like Córdoba , Mendoza and his native province of Tucumán .
Lamadrid fought beside General Belgrano and General San Martín during the Argentine War of Independence, as a prominent cavalry officer of the Army of the North , where he won a number of famous small actions in Upper Peru such as Tambo Nuevo in 1813 and Culpina in 1816. As a general commanding Unitarian forces in the civil wars which followed, Lamadrid fought alongside General José María Paz in the battles of La Tablada , San Roque , and Oncativo .
Like many other nineteenth century Argentines prominent in public life, Lamadrid was a freemason .[ 1]
Lamadrid's body is buried in the Cathedral of San Miguel de Tucumán.
The football club Club Atlético General Lamadrid of the Metropolitan 4th Division are named in his honour.
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^ The list includes Juan Bautista Alberdi , Manuel Alberti , Carlos María de Alvear , Miguel de Azcuénaga , Antonio González de Balcarce , Manuel Belgrano , Antonio Luis Beruti , Juan José Castelli , Domingo French , Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid, Francisco Narciso de Laprida , Juan Larrea , Juan Lavalle , Vicente López y Planes , Bartolomé Mitre , Mariano Moreno , Juan José Paso , Carlos Pellegrini , Gervasio Antonio de Posadas , Domingo Faustino Sarmiento , and Justo José de Urquiza . José de San Martín is known to have been a member of the Lautaro Lodge ; but whether the lodge was truly masonic has been debated: Denslow, William R. (1957). 10,000 Famous Freemasons . Vol. 1– 4. Richmond, VA: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co Inc.
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