Francisco de Cabrera

Francisco de Cabrera (1718–1787) was a Spanish merchant and politician, who served as regidor, alcalde and prosecutor of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Peru.

Biography

Cabrera was born in Granada, Andalusia (Spain), son of Francisco de Cabrera and María Ignacia Dávalos. He was married on June 13, 1741, with to Antonia Isabel de Saavedra, born in Buenos Aires, daughter of Bernardo de Saavedra and Ana de la Palma Lobatón.

In the position of procurator of the city, Cabrera made important services to the community of Buenos Aires, defending the interests of its inhabitants and the Council. He integrated the distinguished group of influential neighbors of the viceroyalty, that included Gregorio Ramos Mexía and Francisco Antonio de Escalada, two of the most important politicians of Buenos Aires.

Exercising the position of mayor of Buenos Aires, he participated in the debates about the wars against Portugal and England (Anglo-Spanish War). On March 22, 1762, the City Council entrusted him to inform the King of Spain of the funeral honors performed in Buenos Aires to the Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony.

Francisco de Cabrera and his wife were the parents of Toribia María Francisca Cabrera, married to his relative Cornelio Saavedra, an Argentine patriot, who was appointed president of the Primera Junta of government of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1810. His grandson, Pedro Medrano Cabrera, was Deputy in the Congress of Tucumán of the July 9, 1816.