Francisco Gómez de Terán y Negrete

Francisco de Paula Gómez de Terán y Negrete, 4th Marquis of Portazgo, also written as Portago, was a Spanish military commander.

Early career

As a cadet, he saw action during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

Peninsular War

At the start of the war, the Junta de Galicia promoted him to field marshal.
With Blake's Army of Galicia he fought at Rioseco, his 4th Division numbered some 5,800 troops, almost half of whom were raw recruits.
The following September, Blake's Army of the Left moved on Bilbao, where Portazgo's 4th Division routed General Monthion's small garrison on 20 September 1808, the 4th Division stayed in the city for just under a week, withdrawing to the hills twenty miles away as Marshal Ney approached with two divisions. He again occupied the city, 11–24 October after having driven out General Merlin's division, before withdrawing again to fight at Zornoza.
In March 1809, now commanding the 3rd Division of Cuesta's Army of Extremadura, Portazgo fought at Mesas de Ibor and at Medellín, at the latter, with only three battalions, the remaining three having been left behind to garrison Badajoz.
At Talavera, again forming part of Cuesta's Army of Extremadura, four battalions, of the six that made up his 3rd Division, stampeded at the start of the battle.
In October 1809, he was appointed second-in-command of Blake's Army of Catalonia. Following Blake's resignation, he took interim command of that army and also became Captain General of Catalonia from mid-November to January 1810, when he resigned his command due to bad health.