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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. It is recorded that O'Conor rode well over 10,000 miles (16,000 km) on horseback in the course of conducting his duties.
Aug 28, 2023 · Published: 1952. Updated: August 28, 2023. Oconór, Hugo (1732–1779). 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.
May 17, 2024 · He now lives in Universal City, Texas. He is the author of several books dedicated to Spanish Mexican people and events in U.S. history that are mostly overlooked in mainstream history books. His latest book is “Preserving Early Texas History (Essays of an Eighth-Generation South Texan), Volume 3”.
256 years ago on August 28th, 1767. 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.
Mar 15, 2019 · An Irish Diary. An Irishman’s Diary on Hugh O’Conor and the first Mexican ‘wall’. Expand. Hugh O’Conor – or Hugo Oconór, as he was known in Spanish – the founder of Tucson, Arizona,...
- Tim Fanning
It is widely believed that one of the first influential Irishmen in Texas was Hugo Oconór, who was the ad interim governor of Texas in 1767. Although the exact documentation of Oconór’s...
Artifacts. Documents. Maps. Photographs. Oconor, Hugo. Tejanos |. OCONÓR, HUGO (1732–1779). 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.
