Enrique White
Enrique White | |
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3rd Governor of West Florida | |
In office May 1793 – May 1795 | |
Preceded by | Carlos Howard |
Succeeded by | Francisco de Paula Gelabert |
4th Governor of East Florida | |
In office June 1796 – March 1811 | |
Preceded by | Bartolomé Morales |
Succeeded by | Juan José de Estrada |
Personal details | |
Born | 1741 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | April 13, 1811 St. Augustine, Florida |
Profession | Military officer and Governor of Florida |
Enrique White (1741 - April 13, 1811) was an Irish-born Spanish soldier who served as Governor of West Florida (May 1793 – May 1795)[1] and of East Florida (June 1796 - March 1811).[2]
Biography
Enrique (Henry) White was born in
On May 15, 1793, White was appointed acting Governor of West Florida, and remained in the position until June 1795.[7][8]
White was appointed Governor of
New construction was encouraged in St. Augustine during White's governorship, with numerous new houses being built. The military preparedness of the city and its fortifications were strengthened. The garrison's morale improved as well with better conditions. White was very strict in granting the concession of lands from the public domain, and often enforced the laws more rigorously than the legal code itself would allow.[13]
In 1799, English
Illness and death
White fell ill in 1800, and was temporarily replaced by
Personal life
Governor White never married. He owned several slaves, who gained their freedom when he died.
Legacy
In 1811, White officially named a town on Amelia Island "
This renaming followed Napoleon's invasion of Spain and the Court's exile.The street running east and west in Fernandina called "White Street" was named after Enrique White.[22]
References
- ^ W. S. Murphy (January 1960). "The Irish Brigade of Spain at the Capture of Pensacola, 1781". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 38 (3). Florida Historical Society: 222.
- ^ Worth, John E. "The Governors of Colonial Spanish Florida, 1565-1763". University of West Florida. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Notre Dame Archives: ANO 1801/04/09 University of Notre Dame.
- ^ Jack David Lazarus Holmes (1965). Honor and Fidelity: The Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana Militia Companies, 1766-1821. Jack D. L. Holmes. p. 48.
- ^ James Alexander Robertson (1928). The Hispanic American Historical Review. Williams & Wilkins. p. 89.
- ISBN 978-0-89096-904-5.
- ^ Caroline Mays Brevard (1924). A History of Florida from the Treaty of 1763 to Our Own Times. Florida State Historical Society. p. 149.
- ^ Louis Milfort (1956). Memoir: Or, A Cursory Glance at My Different Travels & My Sojourn in the Creek Nation. Lakeside Press. p. xxxi.
... for nothing in his own narrative substantiates the claim and a reliable witness, Enrique White, an officer in the fixed regiment of Louisiana and presently acting governor at Pensacola, placed him there no earlier than 1785.10 Milford began to ...
- ^ Richard K Murdoch; University of California, Berkeley (1951). The Georgia-Florida Frontier, 1793-1796: Spanish Reaction to French Intrigue and American Designs. University of California Press. p. 172.
- ISBN 978-0-913122-11-2.
- ISBN 9780911697032.
- ^ "Card Description". www.uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ The Impact of Spanish Land Grants on the Development of Florida and the South Eastern United States. Joe Ketsch. p. 6.
- ^ "Card Description". www.uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ "Card Description". www.uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ United States. Congress (1859). American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States ... Gales and Seaton. p. 271.
- ^ Benson John Lossing (1873). American Historical Record, and Repertory of Notes and Queries. Chase & Town, Publishers. p. 300.
- ^ "Monuments and Markers". TolomatoCemetery.com. Tolomato Cemetery Preservation Association. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Louise Biles Hill (1941). "George J. F. Clarke, 1774-1836". Florida Historical Quarterly. Vol. 21 (3 ed.). Florida Historical Society. p. 214. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ Plan of Fernandina - Old Florida Maps. University of Miami.
- ^ "Letter from Spanish Governor of Florida, Enrique White, to Commandant of Amelia Island, Justo Lopez, the army post and town will be called Fernandina and the rest of the island will still be called Amelia, as of Jan. 1, 1811. - Letter". ameliaisland.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ Mike Harrison (Editor/Publisher; April 6, 2010). Leaflet - Old Town Fernandina. Retrieved in July 11, 2014, to 17:20pm.