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Joaquín González de Gregorio
(~1787–1841)

Biographical

Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [Vatican]
Cross of the Siege of Pamplona
Gold Cross for the Second Army
Gold Cross for the Andalusian Army Reserve

Perpetual regidor of the city of Soria
Member of the Council in the Ministry of Finance
Diputado General of the Kingdom 1834–36
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry
Captain of Grenadiers 1810
Lieutenant of the Light Infantry Battalion Voluntarios Numantinos 1808

Joaquín served in the military from 1808 to 1817, and participated in the conflict against the French army as a captain of the 1st Grenadier Company of the 32nd Numantine Battalion, taking part in the actions in Almazán in July 1810. For his military deeds, he was awarded various distinctions. Joaquín was a rich landowner and significantly increased his assets through the Mendizábal disentailment of 1836. His substantial wealth secured him a position in the Chamber of Procurators for the province of Soria in 1834. The law required a high economic threshold for eligibility, being twelve thousand reales, and there were very few people in Soria who were eligible.

Place of baptism: Church of Nuestra Señora del Espino, Soria
Place of marriage: Santiago, Logroño
Place of burial: Quintana Redonda

Son of Manuel Casildo González de Gregorio and María Ramona Nieto, he married Modesta López Montenegro (†1853) in 1817, and had issue (including Casilda, born in Sigüenza, and married to Leandro López Montenegro, with issue; Santiago; Francisco; Modesta).

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