Cayetano Valdés y Flores

(1767-1835)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Valdés Flores Bazán y Peón, Cayetano, 1767-1835 LBT ID: CaValde1835 VIAF ID: 40730491 LOC ID: n82150483	B/BAP: 1767 DIED: 1835-06-06
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As commander of the Spanish Navy he fought against Nelson and the British; he changed sides after being captured and supported the British in the Peninsular War.
REFERENCES TO Cayetano Valdés y Flores: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 2