Manuel Antonio Warnes y Durango (June 19, 1727 â 1802) was a Spanish military man, who served as regidor and alcalde of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of the RÃÂo de la Plata.
Warnes was born in Cartagena (Colombia), the son of Patricio Benito Warnes Geer and Juana MarÃÂa Durango y Atienza, belonging to a family of Irish, Flemish and Spanish origin. He had arrived in port of Buenos Aires from Cádiz as Master of the French frigate "Amable Maria". In 1756, he was appointed as alcalde of second vote (vice-mayor) of Buenos Aires, being designated alcalde in first vote in 1775 and 1788.
His great great grandfather was Salomón Warnes (born in Connacht), banished from Ireland for religious reasons, he had settled in Antwerp, at the beginning of the 17th century.