Aniceto Lacson
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His Excellency Aniceto Lacson y Ledesma |
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A young Aniceto Lacson
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| President of the Republic of Negros | |
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In office November 5, 1898 – April 30, 1901 |
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| Preceded by | (post made) Colonel Isidro de Castro as the Spanish Military Governor of Negros |
| Succeeded by | Melecio Severino (as Civil Governor) |
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17 April 1857 Molo, Iloilo, Iloilo Province, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | 3 February 1931 (aged 73) Talisay, Negros Occidental, Philippine Islands |
Aniceto Lacson y Ledesma (April 17, 1857 in Molo, Iloilo, Philippines – February 3, 1931 in Talisay, Negros Occidental, Philippines) was a Filipino, revolutionary general, sugar baron and businessman. He is notable for leading the Negros Revolution along with Juan Araneta, and for being the President of the short-lived Republic of Negros.
Lacson was the fifth son of seven children of Lucio Petronila Lacson and Clara Ledesma of Iloilo who migrated to Negros when he was still young. His early education began under private tutelage in Molo, Iloilo. He later studied commerce at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, where his classmates included future general and comrade Juan Araneta, José Rizal, and other Filipinos who later figured in the Philippine Revolution.
While a student in Manila, he had the opportunity to meet the founder of the Katipunan, Andrés Bonifacio, with whom he had a secret blood compact. He was the only Negrense who had this honor and consequently became a member of the revolutionary society.
Aniceto first married Rosario Araneta, a direct descendant of the Kabungsuan royal family of Mindanao, daughter of Patricio Cabunsol Araneta and Leoncia Araneta, with whom he sired eleven children. They were:
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