Lieutenant-General Alejandro O'Reilly, 1st Count of O'Reilly, KOA was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Louisiana from April to December 1769. Born in Ire
Charles Philippe Aubry
…served as acting governor again after the latter's expulsion in the Louisiana Rebellion of 1768. After the arrival of a replacement Spanish governor Alejandro O'Reilly, Aubry reportedly provided him with the names of some of the conspirators in the rebellion. Soon afterwards, Aubry left for France on the Père de…
Portrait by Francisco Goya
Street in Cádiz, which honours the memory of Marshal Alejandro, Conde de O'Reilly (1723, Baltrasna, County Meath, Ireland – 1794 in Bonete, Spain.