José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle resided in Spain between 1813 and 1817. On his return to Peru, now being a brigadier, he was appointed inspector of the army, and also named Governor of Trujillo. On the arrival of José de San Martín in Peru, he was the first Peruvian officer to hoist the national flag in the north of Peru, and on 24 December 1820 proclaimed Trujillo independent. On 26 July 1822, he was appointed provisional president by San Martin when the latter went to meet Simón Bolivar in Guayaquil. After the departure of San Martin for Chile, on 20 September, Torre Tagle was elected
Bernardo de Brito Bernardo de Brito Friar Bernardo de Brito (20 August 1569 – 27 February 1617) was a Portuguese monk and historian. He is perhaps best known for having authored the first two volumes of "Monarchia Lusytana", his "magnum opus". Friar Bernardo de Brito was born Baltasar de Brito e Andrade, in the fortified village of Almeida in 1569. His father, Pedro Cardoso de Andrade, was a distinguished army captain who fought in Italy and Flanders who was killed in action during the Siege of Antwerp; his mother was Maria de Brito e Andrade, the sister of Rui de Andrade Freire, "alcaide"