Juan Illingworth | |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1786 |
Birth Place: | Stockport, Great Britain |
Death Place: | Chonana Estate, Ecuador |
Nickname: | Silver face (es|Cara de plata) |
Birth Name: | John Illingworth Hunt |
Allegiance: | Chile Ecuador |
Serviceyears: | 1801–1850 |
Rank: | Admiral Counter admiral (Peru) General |
Battles: | Peninsular War Chilean War of Independence Peruvian War of Independence |
John Illingworth (Stockport, March 10, 1786 – near Guayaquil, August 2, 1853), also known as Juan Illingworth and later John Illingrot, was an English general who served in the Peninsular War and the Spanish American wars of independence. He is considered a national hero in Ecuador.[1] [2]