Manuel Gayoso de Lemos

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The Most Excellent Manuel Gayoso de Lemos KOM OTS
Posthumous portrait by P. J. de Lemos
8th Spanish Governor of Louisiana
In office 1797–1799
Monarch	Charles IV
Preceded by	Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
Succeeded by	Francisco Bouligny
Personal details
Born	Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos Amorín y Magallanes (1747-05-30)May 30, 1747 Oporto, Portugal
Died	July 18, 1799(1799-07-18) (aged 52) New Orleans, Louisiana
Spouses	Theresa Margarita Hopman y Pereira ​ ​ (m. 1787; died 1789)​ Elizabeth Watts ​ ​ (m. 1792; died 1792)​ Margaret Cyrilla Watts ​ ​ (m. 1797)​
Military service
Allegiance	Viceroyalty of New Spain  Kingdom of Spain
Branch/service	Spanish Army
Years of service	1771–1779
Rank	Brigadier

Don Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos y Amorín KOM OTS (May 30, 1747 – July 18, 1799) was the governor of Spanish Louisiana from 1797 until his death in 1799.