Tomas O'Horan

Who was Tomas O'Horan?

Tomás Antonio O'Horán y Argüello was a Mexican lawyer, magistrate and senator, resident most of his life in Mérida, Yucatán in Mexico.

Tomas was born somewhere in the Yucatán region, the son of John O'Horan, a native of Aughane, Ireland, and María Gertrudis de Argüello y Monte, of Campeche. John had come to the Yucatán region by way of the Canary Islands.

Tomas was educated at the Seminario Conciliar of Campeche from about 1794 to 1799 and subsequently was a professor of law there. He served from October 1823 to April 1825 as a member of the Second Triumvirate of the United Provinces of Central America, serving as Chairman every third month. He served in the Mexican Senate representing Yucatán in 1835. Subsequently he was also a magistrate in Mérida.

Tomas married Gertrudis Escudero de la Rocha with whom he had several children.