Dionisio Trillo


Dionisio Trillo was a Uruguayan military man and politician, who participated in the Argentine and Uruguayan civil wars. He served under General Manuel Oribe taking an active part in the clashes produced during the Great Siege of Montevideo.

Biography

He was born in Montevideo, the son of Ramón Trillo and Josefa de Alfao, belonging to distinguished families of Cartagena and Barcelona. He began his military career, as a member of the Federal armies of Juan Manuel de Rosas, serving as Lieutenant in the Escuadrón de Dragones Orientales N.° 1. He was wounded and then detained during a confrontation between Unitarians and Federals, returning after his release to the city of Montevideo.
After being promoted to Colonel, Trillo served as Commander of the military detachments of the Uruguayan litoral Río Negro, Uruguay River and in Salto, under the command of Diego Lamas. In Salto he also served as Chief of Police, to later serve as Military Commander of the city of Mercedes, during the presidency of Bernardo Berro.
In 1857, for an initiative of Colonel Trillo, was carried the Salto Company of River Steam Boat , a shipping company of British capitals. The company commissioned for the construction of two steamboat, named Montevideo and Salto to the English shipyards T. & J. Thompson.

Family

In 1852, Dionisio Trillo was married in the parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen to Carmen Aguiar, daughter of Juan Bernardo Aguiar y Fernandez and Francisca Tejedor Tena, belonging to a distinguished Uruguayan family of Galician and Catalan roots. He and his wife were the parents of Enriqueta Trillo Aguiar, wife of Isabelino Canaveris, a military man, who had had an active participation in the Uruguayan civil conflicts.