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homas Charles Wright (1799–1868) was an Irish-born naval admiral. He was the founding-father of the Ecuadorian Navy, and a general in Simón Bolívar’s army. He is regarded as a leading militarist in Ecuador’s and other South American countries’ struggle for independence
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