Miguel de Zañartu Santa María (1786 – 25 October 1851) was a

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an politician and lawyer. During the

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he was a prominent Patriot being forced into exile to Mendoza in 1814 when the

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fell to the

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. In 1817 he returned to Chile. Zañartu was among the signatories of the

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1786 births 1851 deaths Viceroyalty of Peru people Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Chilean independence activists 19th-century Chilean lawyers People from Concepción, Chile {{Chile-Deputy-stub