Bartolomé Saravi

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 byTomás 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
Died1762
Carmen de Areco, Buenos Aires Province
Spouse(s)Simona Blanco (1798-1871)
Occupationmilitary
politician
Professionarmy
Military service
Allegiance Unitarian Army
Argentine Confederation
Ejército Grande
1852
Branch/serviceArgentine Army
RankColonel
Battles/warsArgentine War of Independence
Argentine Civil Wars

Biography

He 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

Bartolomé 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

  1. Campañas militares argentinas. Isidoro J. Ruiz Moreno. 2005. ISBN 9789500427944.
  2. Colección Mario César Gras (1577-1883). Mario César Gras, Liliana Crespi (Archivo General de la Nación). 1997.
  3. Bautismos 1794-1804, Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción
  4. La instrucción primaria durante la dominación española, Luisa Buren de Sanguinetti, 1940
  5. Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Volume 26, Issues 3-4. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 1939.
  6. Registro nacional de la República argentina, Argentina, 1880
  7. Mensage del Gobierno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, 1848
  8. Rosas bajo fuego, Jorge Gelman, May 2012, ISBN 9789500739009
  9. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, 1875
  10. Trabajos y comunicaciones, Volumen 23, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, 1978
  11. Informes de los consejeros legales del poder ejecutivo, República Argentina, 1890
  12. Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, Librería y editorial "La Facultad", Bernabé y cía, 1939
  13. Boletín, Volume 24, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 1940
  14. Familias platenses, Rubén Mario de Luca, 2002
  15. Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores, Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. Senado de la Nación, 1894
  16. Bautismos 1850-1862, Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen
  17. Diario de Buenos Aires: 1806-1807, Alberto Mario Salas, 1981
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