Timoteo Aparicio (1814-1882) was a Uruguayan politician and military figure that was a member of the National Party who was most notable for spearheading the Revolution of the Lances.

[1][2] In Paso Severino, between the current towns of Mendoza Chico and 25 de Mayo and on September 12 of that year, he faced forces loyal to President Lorenzo Batlle, who was defeated and successfully overthrown.

[2] In January 1875, when the constitutional President José Eugenio Ellauri was overthrown, the National Party, headed by General Timoteo Aparicio, offered to restore it but was rejected.

In times of peace he was a very appreciated and supportive neighbor, dedicating himself to working the land with his own hands to survive; He ended his days in the midst of poverty, and after a painful ailment.

[1] He was a respected man admired by co-religionists and also by his adversaries and proof of this was that a government of the Colorado Party which he opposed and conferred the rank of General on him.