- Tomás Guido
Tomás Guido. (b.
Buenos Aires ,November 1 1788 – d.September 14 de 1866) was a General in theArgentine War of Independence a diplomat and a politician.Early life
Tomás Guido was the son of a Spanish merchant Pedro Guido y Sanz and his wife Juana Aoiz y Martínez. He attended San Carlos College, but was forced to give up his studies by an economic crisis.
Guido saw his first military action in 1806 when he helped to defend
Buenos Aires from the British invaders. He later went on to participate in theMay Revolution in 1810.In 1811 Guido became the secretary for Dr
Mariano Moreno on his journey toEngland . In 1812 Guido returned to Argentina to work as a secretary in the Ministry of War, later he moved toCharcas to work as a secretary forFrancisco Ortiz de Ocampo . Later he travelled toTucumán where he joinedJosé de San Martín yManuel Belgrano , where he worked as the chief Secretary of the Army, working with San Martín to plan the the campeign to liberateChile andPeru .On
May 20 1816 Guido presentedAntonio González Balcarce with "Memoria", which was based on his memories of conversations with San Martín inSaldán , Córdoba about the military, economic and political details of theMaitland Plan .Campaign of liberation in Chile and Peru
After the victory at the
Battle of Chacabuco (February 12, 1817). General San Martín named Guido as Lieutenant Colonel, but he continued doing the job of Chief Secretary of the Army and Navy. During the ceremony to mark the official declaration of Chilean independence onFebruary 12 1818 , Guido played the role of flagbearer.Guido then worked as a diplomat for San Martín during the effort to liberate Peru, he negotiated with the Spanish Viceroy at
Miraflores before San Martín declared Peruvian Independence onJuly 28 1821 . Guido was at theGuayaquil Conference where the two great Liberators of South America (San Martín andSimón Bolívar ) met for the only time. After San Martín left Peru, Guido stayed on, earning the titles of Supreme Military Advisor in 1823 and later Brigadier General.Return to Argentina
In 1826 Guido returned to Buenos Aires where he was appointed as Inspector of Arms in 1827 by
Bernardino Rivadavia . He later served as Minister of War and Foreign Relations on three occasions with Lavalle, Viamonte and Rosas.Between 1840 and 1851 Guido was Argentina's representative to the government of
Brazil .Death
Guido died on
December 14 1866 inBuenos Aires , leaving his wife and four children.External links
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