 Pérez Dasmariñas was a knight of the Order of Alcántara.His father, Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, was governor of the Philippines from 1590 to 1593.In 1593, Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas (the father) led a Spanish expedition from Manila to capture the fort at Terrenate, in the Moluccas.