He was born in Cañete, Cuenca, Spain, the son of José de Arce and María López de Soria, belonging to a noble
Castilian family. He performed his military career in the
Reales Ejércitos, serving for more than forty years in
Flanders. He arrived in Buenos Aires in 1712 from
Madrid, where he had purchased the title of Governor and Captain general of the Río de la Plata provinces. He died on October 2, 1714, being replaced by Sergeant Major José Bermúdez de Castro. His granddaughter María Bartolina de Arce, was married to
Agustín Fernando de Pinedo, governor of Paraguay between 1772 and 1778. == References ==