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Hugh O'Conor (1732 — March 8, 1779), better known by his Spanish name Hugo Oconór, was a military governor of northern Mexico. He was appointed governor of Texas by the Spanish viceroy of New Spain in 1767.
Aug 28, 2023 · Hugo Oconór (O'Conor), governor of the Spanish province of Texas, was born in 1732. Before his service in Texas he was stationed in Cuba and Mexico City. He held the rank of major in the regiment of Volunteers of Aragon.
Sep 18, 2024 · Alas, Brigadier General Hugo Oconór (‘El Capitán Colorado”), the first New Spain Presidios Inspector General and Governor of two states (Texas and Yucatán), died in Yucatán in 1779. He was only 47 years old.
On this day in 1767, Hugo Oconór became ad interim governor of Texas. Born in 1732, Oconór was an Irishman who attained the rank of major of a volunteer regiment in the Spanish army. His vermilion hair inspired frontier Indians to nickname him the “Red Captain.”
Jan 18, 2024 · Hugo O'Conor. On January 30, 1771, Don Hugo O’Conor was named Commandant Inspector of New Spain (Mexico). O’Conor was born into a Jacobite family in Dublin in December 1734. The...
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Mar 15, 2019 · Hugh O’Conor – or Hugo Oconór, as he was known in Spanish – was born in Dublin in 1734 and, at 16, commissioned a cadet in the Hibernia regiment of the Spanish army. His family had a long...
Mar 10, 2010 · Hugo (or Hugh) O’Conor, known as “The Red Captain” (El Capitan Colorado) for both his hair color and ferocity in battle, is considered by many to be the Old Pueblo’s founding father. He is...
