Who was Bernado O’Higgins?
Apr 10, 2020
2 minutes
’Higgins came from a noble Irish family, who had once been court poets for clan chieftains and had over the centuries acquired substantial lands. These were seized by Cromwell, and by the start of the 18th century the O’Higgins were tenants on land that had once been theirs. This was too much for Bernardo’s father, Ambrose,
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