Juan Illingworth
Juan Illingworth | |
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| Birth name | John Illingworth Hunt |
| Nickname | Silver Face (Cara de Plata) |
| Born | March 10, 1786 Stockport, County of Chester, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | August 2, 1853 (aged 67) Hacienda Chonana, Daule, Ecuador |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom Chile Gran Colombia Ecuador |
| Branch | Royal Navy; Chilean Navy; Navy of Gran Colombia; Navy of Ecuador |
| Service years | 1801–1850 |
| Rank | Captain (Royal Navy) Commodore / Admiral (Chile & Ecuador) General of Independence Rear Admiral (honorary rank Peru) |
| Commands | Corvette Rosa de los Andes Combined Gran Colombia–Peru Squadron Maritime Department of Guayaquil |
| Conflicts | Napoleonic Wars Spanish American wars of independence Second siege of Callao Gran Colombia–Peru War March Revolution (Ecuador) |
| Spouse | María Mercedes Décima-Villa y Cossío |
Juan Illingworth (born John Illingworth Hunt; 10 March 1786 – 2 August 1853) was an English-born naval officer, privateer, general of independence, and later an Ecuadorian admiral and statesman. He served successively in the Royal Navy, the Chilean Navy, the armed forces of Gran Colombia, and the Republic of Ecuador, and is regarded by Ecuadorian historiography as a founding figure of the country's naval tradition and an early builder of the Ecuadorian state.
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