Federico Ochando

Federico Rodrigo Martin Sanchez Ochando y Chumillas
Ochando in 1899
Vice President of the Senate of Spain
In office 1910–1911
In office 1905–1907
In office 1901–1902
Senator for life
In office 1905–1923
Senator of Albacete
In office 1905–1907
In office 1898–1902
Senator of La Habana
In office 1896–1898
110th Governor-General of the Philippines
In office 1 March 1893 – 4 May 1893
Preceded by	Eulogio Despujol y Dusay
Succeeded by	Ramón Blanco, 1st Marquis of Peña Plata
Deputy of Casas-Ibáñez
In office 1903–1905
In office 1891–1892
In office 1879–1884
Deputy of Alcaraz
In office 1893–1896
In office 1886–1890
Personal details
Born	14 March 1848 Fuentealbilla, Albacete, Spain
Died	2 February 1929 Madrid, Spain
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse(s)	Maria Matilda Valera y Canada
Children	Roman Angel Emeterio Sanchez Ochando y Chumillas
Alma mater	Academia de Estado Mayor
Awards	Distinciones de la Cruz Roja Española (Distinguished Spanish Red Cross) Gran Cruz Roja al Merito Militar (Grand Red Cross of Military Merit) Gran Cruz de Isabel la Catolica (Order of Isabella the Catholic) Gran Cruz de San Hermenegildo (Grand Cross of Saint Hermenegild) Gran Cruz de San Benito de Avis (Grand Cross of Saint Benedict of Aviz)
Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Service/branch	Spanish Army
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Ten Years' War Third Carlist War Cuban War of Independence

Federico Rodrigo Martin Sanchez Ochando (14 March 1848 – 2 February 1929) was a Spanish general and politician who served as the 110th Governor-General of the Philippines, Deputy and Senator of Albacete, and Vice President of the Senate of Spain. Ochando was known to be affable, gentle, and modest, as well as an illustrious and decorated general with a prolific career in politics. As a deputy and a senator, infrastructure projects and improvement of the Spanish military were among his key programs.

Federico Ochando was born of Andres Maria Sanchez Ochando and Ana Catalina Chumillas on 14 March 1848 in Fuentealbilla, Albacete, Spain. His brother, Andres Ochando y Chumillas, was a lawyer and would serve as Deputy of Casas-Ibáñez from 1893 to 1896. He married Maria Matilda Valera y Canada and they had a son, Roman Angel Emeterio Sanchez Ochando y Chumillas, who was born in 1867. His son would also serve as Deputy of Casas-Ibáñez from 1919 to 1920. In 1864, Ochando entered the Academia de Estado Mayor and was promoted as alférez in 1867. Two years later, he had the rank of staff lieutenant. He first saw action during the Third Carlist War, when he participated in military campaigns against Carlists in Barcelona, Sant Celoni, and Valencia. He then fought opponents of the Spanish Restoration, which placed Alfonso XII of Spain as king. His participation in the March to Cuba during the Ten Years' War earned him the rank of brigadier general in 1878.