Manuel Gayoso de Lemos

Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
Posthumous portraitof Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, Pedro Joseph de Lemos
Posthumous portrait by P. J. de Lemos
8th Spanish Governor of Louisiana
In office
1797–1799
MonarchCharles IV
Preceded byFrancisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
Succeeded byFrancisco Bouligny
Personal details
Born
Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos Amorín y Magallanes

(1747-05-30)May 30, 1747
Oporto, Portugal
DiedJuly 18, 1799(1799-07-18) (aged 52)
New Orleans, Lousiana, Spanish Empire
Spouses
Theresa Margarita Hopman y Pereira
(m. 1787; died 1789)
Elizabeth Watts
(m. 1792; died 1792)
Margaret Cyrilla Watts
(m. 1797)
Military service
Allegiance Viceroyalty of New Spain
 Kingdom of Spain
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1771–1779
RankBrigadier

Don Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos y Amorín KOM OTS (May 30, 1747 – July 18, 1799) was the governor of Spanish Louisiana from 1797 until his death in 1799.