Martin Guise
| Jorge Martín Guisse | |
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Vicealmirante Guisse
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| Birth name | Martin George Guise |
| Born |
12 March 1780 Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 23 November 1829 (aged 49) Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Buried at | Panteón de los Próceres, Lima, Peru |
| Allegiance |
Great Britain United Kingdom Republic of Peru |
| Service/branch |
Royal Navy Peruvian Navy |
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Martin George Guise (12 March 1780 – 23 November 1828), also later known as Jorge Martín Guisse, was a British naval officer who served in Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He later served in the Chilean Navy during the Peruvian War of Independence and, as Vice-Admiral, in the Peruvian Navy in the Gran Colombia–Peru War, during which he was killed.
He was a younger son of Sir John Guise, 1st Baronet, of Elmore Court, Gloucester, and Elizabeth Wright, and joined the Royal Navy, receiving a commission as a lieutenant on 6 March 1801, and taking part in the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. He commanded the 14-gun brig Liberty between 1811 and 1813, which captured the American ship Freeman on 29 July 1812. Guise was promoted to commander 29 March 1815.
When Guise heard of the South American wars of independence he resigned from the Navy, bought his own ship, HMS Hecate, and set sail never to return to Britain. He arrived in Buenos Aires and quickly came to an agreement with Lord Cochrane to join the Chilean Navy. Guise's role in the battles that followed was significant, in spite of frequent, bitter disagreements with Cochrane. It was his contribution to the attack on the Spanish Esmeralda in Callao that made its capture possible.
After the war and in poor health, he retired to Miraflores, Lima where he married the young Limenian, Juana Valle Riestra. But his civilian life was short. When Gran Colombia–Peru War broke out in 1829, he was asked to take command of the Peruvian Navy. Appointed Vice-Admiral, his fleet captured Guayaquil but he was killed by a sniper during the battle.
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