Manuel Pardo (governor)

Manuel Pardo
37ª Governor of the Spanish Colony of Texas
In office
March 20, 1817 – May 27, 1817
Preceded by Juan Ignacio Pérez
Succeeded by Antonio María Martínez
39ª Governor of Coahuila
In office
1819 – November 25, 1820
Preceded by José Franco
Succeeded by Antonio Elosúa
Personal details
Born 1774
Santander, Spain
Profession Military and Governor of Texas (1818) and Coahuila (1819–20)

Manuel Pardo (1774–?) was a Spanish soldier who was the Interim Governor of the Province of Texas in 1817 and of Coahuila between 1819 and 1820. He participated in the Texas Revolution as the assistant to the Centralist Troops led by Martín Perfecto de Cos on the Mexican side.[1]

Career

Manuel Pardo was born in 1774, in Santander (Cantabria, Spain). He joined the Spanish Army in his youth and fought in the military campaigns of France (in 1795) and Portugal (1801). In 1802, he fought in the wars of Aranjuez and Madrid (both in the Community of Madrid). Pardo later traveled to New Spain where he joined the army.[2] He was promoted to colonel.[3]

On March 20, 1817, Pardo was appointed Interim Governor of the Province of Texas.[2] Pardo's successor, Antonio María Martínez, claimed the interim Governor had impoverished Texas and depleted military defenses.[4]

In 1819, Pardo was appointed Governor of Coahuila, replacing José Franco. He governed Coahuila until November 25, 1820.

In 1822, Pardo became political chief of Monclova, Coahuila, and, in 1835, in the Texas Revolution, he was assistant of the centralist troops of Martín Perfecto de Cos in Monclova.[2]

References

  1. ↑ W., VIGNESS, WINIFRED. "PARDO, MANUEL". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. 1 2 3 PARDO, MANUEL| The Handbook of Texas. Retrieved in July 8, 2014, to 15:30 pm. Posted by Winifred W. Vigness.
  3. ↑ Bradley, Ed (10 February 2015). "We Never Retreat". Texas A&M University Press. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-1-62349-257-1.
  4. ↑ Weber, David J. (2003). Foreigners in Their Native Land: Historical Roots of the Mexican Americans. UNM Press. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-8263-3510-4.
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