This man was the subject of a 1949 Henry Cowell opera designed as a satire against Dwight Eisenhower.  He died in exile after a conservative coup led by his successor, Ram? Freire. When his father became viceroy of Peru, he was sent to London, where he met Francisco de Miranda and joined the independentist Lautaro Lodge.  He began his public life as a deputy to the Cabildo from La Laja.  His cavalry charge at the battle o
This man was the subject of a 1949 Henry Cowell opera designed as a satire against Dwight Eisenhower.  He died in exile after a conservative coup led by his successor, Ram? Freire. When his father became viceroy of Peru, he was sent to London, where he met Francisco de Miranda and joined the independentist Lautaro Lodge.  He began his public life as a deputy to the Cabildo from La Laja.  His cavalry charge at the battle of Chacabuco allowed him to enter Santiago in triumph along with Jose de San Martin in March 1818.  FTP, name this descendant of Irish officers in Spanish service, the first ruler of an independent Chile.
This man was the subject of a 1949 Henry Cowell opera designed as a satire against Dwight Eisenhower.  
Bernardo O'Higgins