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Viscount of Laguna | |
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![]() Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna | |
President of Cisplatina Province | |
In office January 20, 1817 – February 3, 1826 | |
Monarchs | João VI Pedro I |
Preceded by | Miguel Barreiro (Governor of the Oriental Province) |
Succeeded by | Francisco de Paula Magessi |
Personal details | |
Born | October 6, 1764 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | August 2, 1836 (aged 71) Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rank | Marshal of the Army (Brazil) Lieutenant General (Portugal/United Kingdom) |
Battles/wars | |
Carlos Frederico Lecor[note 1] (October 6, 1764 – August 2, 1836) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian general and politician. He was the first Baron of Laguna, in Portugal, and later ascended to Viscount of Laguna, in Brazil.
He was the first Portuguese officer to command a division, the 7th Division, of British troops,[1] in Wellington's Peninsular Army, as well as having commanded the Portuguese forces who invaded the Banda Oriental del Uruguay (Eastern Bank of Uruguay) in 1816.
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