Juan Caro Sureda

Juan Caro Sureda (1775–1826) was a Spanish military commander, the younger brother of Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marquis of La Romana, and José Caro Sureda. Early career Enlisting as a cadet in the Infantry Regiment of Cantabria in 1787, in 1790 he transferred to the Soria Regiment and was promoted to lieutenant. In 1793 he participated in the War of the Pyrenees as aide-de-camp to General Ventura Caro, his uncle. In 1794 he was promoted to captain of the Regiment of Valencia Volunteers and in 1798 he was attached to the Regiment of Spanish Hussars. The following year, he went to Mahón, under the orders of his elder brother, the Marquis of La Romana, and in 1807 went with him as part of the Division of the North, and returning to Spain at the outbreak of the Peninsular War.