Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas_de_Lezo

Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta (3 February 1689 – 7 September 1741) was a Spanish admiral best remembered for the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741) in modern-day Colombia, where Spanish imperial forces under his command resisted a siege by a large British invasion fleet under Admiral Edward Vernon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias

He has lately been promoted as one of the best strategists in the history of the Royal Spanish Navy.