Francisco Javier de Elío

The Most Excellent
Francisco Javier de Elío
Portrait by Miguel Parra, c. 1815
Viceroy of the Río de la Plata
Personal details
Born5 March 1767
Pamplona, Spain
Died4 September 1822(1822-09-04) (aged 55)
Valencia, Spain

Francisco Javier de Elío y Olóndriz (5 March 1767 – 4 September 1822) was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Montevideo. He was instrumental in the Absolutist repression after the restoration of Ferdinand VII as King of Spain. For this, he was executed during the Trienio Liberal.

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