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Nicolás de Carvajal y Lancaster, Marqués de Sarria (died March 4 1770), was a Spanish noble and military from the 18th century.
He was lieutenant general, and colonel of the Spanish infantery regiment of the Reales Guardias. King Fernando VI made him a Grandee of Spain first class in 1755.
In 1762 he became commander of the Spanish invasion of Portugal, but he was very slow in assembling his troops and commencing the hostilities. This gave the British the time to bring over an expeditionary force in support of the weak Portuguese army. King Charles III of Spain was disgusted by Sarria's lethargy and had him replaced by the Count of Aranda.
Sarria received the order of the Golden Fleece, as compensation, and as a reward for his earlier services to the Crown.
He died without an heir on March 4 1770.