Jorge Burgues

Jorge Burgues (1691-1766) was a Genoese politician, landowner and merchant, who served as alcalde, regidor, depositario and procurador general of Montevideo, Uruguay. 
He was born in Rapallo, Italy, the son of Filipo Borghese and Ana Posansa. He was married in Buenos Aires with María Martina Carrasco, daughter of Salvador Carrasco y Fernández de los Cobos, born in Málaga, and Leonor de Melo Coutinho, born in Buenos Aires, and descendant of Vasco Fernandes Coutinho. 
He was the first resident of the city of Montevideo, where he settled with his family in 1724, and where he served as regidor and alcalde of 2nd vote in 1741.