Date of birth: 1713
Date of death: 1766
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He was born in the town of Xalisco, New Galicia (nowadays Xalisco belongs to the State of Nayarit, Mexico); son of Don Francisco López-Portillo y Carrera del Valle and Doña Rosalía de Camberos y Liñán de la Cueva.

He passed to Guatemala City where he got a degree in Law by the University of San Carlos, then entered to public service as Mayor and Treasurer of Guatemala (1742-47); later on, in 1747, he was appointed as Senator (Oidor) of the Royal Senate (Real Audiencia) of Guadalajara in the Kingdom of New Galicia, a post that he occupied until 1764, when was appointed with the same job for the Royal Senate of Mexico City in the Kingdom of New Spain (1764-66). In 1766 he was appointed as Royal Examiner (Visitador) for the Kingdom of Peru. He married with Doña Micaela de Zavala y de Uria, with two sons. He was a prestigious Attorney at Law, author, man of letters and Latin speaker.

His work has been mentioned by many historians like David A. Brading.

His Ex-Libris (book plate) has been catalogued by authors like Felipe Teixidor and Ernesto de la Torre Villar.

His oil on canvas portrait remained in the Portrait Gallery of his descendant, José Antonio Gutiérrez de la Concha Hernández Díaz de la Pedraja y López-Portillo until 1998; it was first published by Francisco-Xavier López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones in his book "Isn't Life Wonderful?" (2002), p. 215. (See some reference about it at: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13520369M).

Don Francisco López-Portilo y de Camberos also sponsored the work of Don Sigismundo Taraval S.J. "El milagro más visible o el milagro de los milagros más patente. La Santísima Cruz de Tepique. Descripción histórica de su situación, materia, forma, medidas y demás circunstancias que la forman." (See: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segismundo_Taraval).

Don Francisco López-Portillo also contributed in the work "El Llanto de las Virtudes en las exequias del Illmo. y Rmo. Señor D. Fr. Antonio de Guadalupe Lopez Portillo, del Consejo de S.M. Principe Assitente al Sacro Solio Pontificio, y Obispo de Comayagua, Provincia de Honduras" written by Juan García de Alva (See: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13520375M)

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