Manuel Gayoso de Lemos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gayoso de Lemos and the second or maternal family name is Amorín.
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
MonarchCharles IV
Preceded byFrancisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
Succeeded byFrancisco Bouligny
Personal details
BornManuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos Amorín y Magallanes
(1747-05-30)May 30, 1747
Porto, Portugal
DiedJuly 18, 1799(1799-07-18) (aged 52)
New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish Empire
Spouses
Theresa Margarita Hopman y Pereira
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(m. 1787; died 1789)​
Elizabeth Watts
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(m. 1792; died 1792)​
Margaret Cyrilla Watts
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(m. 1797)​
Military service
Allegiance Viceroyalty of New Spain
Kingdom of Spain
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1771–1779
RankBrigadier
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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.

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