Major General James Whittle, Procer

Major General James Whittle, Procer

Mayor General James Whittle (c.1790- 1829)

Irishman, present at the battles of Junin (06-08-1824) and Ayacucho (09-12-1824). Killed while trying to suppress the mutiny (revolt) of a battalion near Quito, Ecuador in 1829.

Ecuador was in the middle of an armed struggle between Peru and Gran Colombia over the location of their common border. After a campaign that included the near destruction of Guayaquil, the forces of Gran Colombia, under the leadership of Sucre and Venezuelan General Juan José Flores, proved victorious. The Treaty of 1829 fixed the border on the line that had divided the Quito audiencia and the Viceroyalty of Peru before independence.