Gerardo Roxas y Luis (fl. estimated between 1839 and 1887 – April 21, 1891 onPanay,Philippines[1]) was the father ofManuel Roxas, the fifthPresident of the Philippines. Roxas was also the great-grandfather of formersenator andSecretary of the Interior and Local Government,Mar Roxas.
Roxas served as a military soldier and servant in theSpanish Colonial Era in the Philippines.
Roxas was born to Antonio Roxas (II) and Francesca Luis inCapiz,Panay Island. He was a grandson of Caetano Rojas and the great-grandson of Juan Pablo Rojas y Arroyo (the son of Antonio Rojas y Ureta). He has a brother named Faustino.
Roxas was married to Rosario Acuña y Villaruz. The couple had two children - Mamerto andManuel. Manuel was a posthumous child, as Roxas had died after having been mortally wounded by SpanishGuardia Civil before Manuel was born.
Roxas was a descendant of the Spaniard Antonio Rojas y Ureta, the brother of Domingo Roxas y Ureta(1782-1843) a pioneer of Philippine nationalism and a progenitor of the Roxas de Ayala andZobel de Ayala clans)