José Lasso (commander)
Spanish military personnel
José Lasso y Pérez (October 2, 1837 – November 30, 1913) was a Spanish military officer, Captain General of Valencia and Governor of Puerto Rico at the end of the 19th-century. Throughout his military career, he took part in numerous armed conflicts in Europe and Latin America, including the Third Carlist War in Spain, the Ten Years' War in Cuba, and the Dominican Restoration War in the Dominican Republic.
Biography
He was born on October 2, 1837, in Spain. He enlisted in the Spanish Army in 1857, when he was around 20 years old. In 1859, he was promoted to lieutenant.
After being posted to Cuba for a while, in 1861, he was part of the expedition to Mexico that proclaimed the Second Mexican Empire, after which he returned to Cuba. In the Dominican Republic, he joined the Spanish forces in the Dominican Restoration War. For his services, he attained the attained rank of captain. In 1864, he was posted to the Peninsula and participated in the Glorious Revolution of 1868, occupying Santander for the revolutionaries. In 1869, he returned to Cuba.
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