Gregorio Ramos Mexía

He was born in Seville, Spain, the son of Juan Ramos Mexia and María Josefa Márquez, belonging to a distinguished family. He studied in Spain and arrived in Buenos Aires on March 14, 1749 from Cádiz.[4] He was married twice, in Seville to Ana Maria Conget, and in Buenos Aires with María Cristina Ross del Pozo Silva,[5] daughter of Guillermo Ross, born in Scotland, and Maria Antonia del Pozo Silva, belonging to a noble family of Buenos Aires.[6]

He had a long political career in Buenos Aires, where he served for over forty years as councilman of the Cabildo, occupying the position that had been of Miguel Gerónimo de Esparza, the oldest regidor that had the city of Buenos Aires, who resigned his position at the age of 88.[7] His actions as capitular include related matters to the death of Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain, the preparations to receive the new governor Francisco de Paula Bucarelli,[8] and the Falklands Crisis of 1770.[9]

He was in charge of the realization of the second Buenos Aires census in 1778,[10] and held the post of alcalde of Buenos Aires, serving on an interim basis for several periods.[11] As a faithful executor he was in charge of the control of commercial activities in the Río de la Plata. He also served on several occasions the position of defensor de menores of the city.[12]

Gregorio Ramos Mexía was the patriarch of the Ramos Mexia family in the Argentina, related to the founding of the city Ramos Mejía in Buenos Aires Province.[13]