Brigadier-General Luis Roberto de Lacy y Gautier | |
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 Posthumous lithography, 1881 | |
| Born | 11 January 1775 San Roque, Cádiz, |
| Died | 5 July 1817 (aged 42) Bellver Castle, Palma, Majorca |
| Buried | Cementiri de Sant Andreu, Barcelona |
| Allegiance |  Bourbon Spain 1789 to 1803  France 1803–1808  Kingdom of Spain |
| Years of service | 1789–1817 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands | Capitán-General Catalonia, 1811–1812 Galicia, 1813–1814 |
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Brigadier-General Luis Roberto de Lacy, 11 January 1775 – 5 July 1817, was a Spanish professional soldier of Irish descent, who served in the Spanish and French Imperial armies.
He played a prominent role in the 1808 to 1814 Spanish War of Independence and held a number of senior military positions but was executed in 1817 for leading a failed revolt against the government of Ferdinand VII. In 1820, the Cortes or Spanish Parliament, declared him a hero of Spanish democracy and installed a plaque to his memory in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, where it remains.