Martin Guisse

Vicealmirante Jorge Martín Guisse (12 March 1780–23 November 1828), born Martin George Guise, was a British naval officer who served in Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, who later served in the Peruvian Navy during the Peruvian War of Independence, and in the Gran Colombia–Peru War during which he was killed.

Biography
He was a younger son of Sir John Guise, 1st Baronet, of Elmore Court, Gloucester, and Elizabeth Wright, and joined the Royal Navy, receiving a commission as a lieutenant on 6 March 1801, and taking part in the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. He commanded the 14-gun brig HMS Liberty (1779) between 1811 and 1813, which captured the American ship Freeman on 29 July 1812. Guise was promoted to commander 29 March 1815.

When Guisse heard of the South American wars of independence he resigned from the Navy, bought his own ship, the HMS Hecate (1809), and set sail never to return to Britain. He arrived in Buenos Aires and quickly came to an agreement with Lord Cochrane. Guisse's role in the battles that followed was significant, in spite of frequent, bitter disagreements with Cochrane. It was his contribution to the attack on the Esmeralda that made its capture possible.

After the war and in poor health, he retired to Miraflores where he married the young Limenian, Juana Valle Riestra. But his peaceful life was short. When war broke out against Gran Colombia in 1829 he was asked to take command of the Peruvian Navy. His fleet captured Guayaquil but he was killed by a sniper during the battle.

His body was brought to Callao in honour and he was buried there in the clothes of a Franciscan monk. In 1926 his remains were transferred to the Panteón de los Próceres.

One of the four houses of Markham College, Lima, is named in his honour, as is Liceo Naval Almirante Guisse, a school founded in 1964 for the children of Peruvian Naval officers.