Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet

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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Héctor de Carondelet and the second or maternal family name is Bosoist.
The Most Excellent
The Baron of Carondelet
Portrait of the Baron of Carondelet, Unknown Painter
Portrait by unknown artist
2nd Spanish Governor of San Salvador
In office
1789–1791
MonarchCharles IV
Preceded byJosé Ortiz de la Peña
Succeeded byJosé Antonio María de Aguilar
7th Spanish Governor of Louisiana
In office
1791–1797
MonarchCharles IV
Preceded byEsteban Rodríguez Miró
Succeeded byManuel Gayoso de Lemos
27th President of
the Real Audiencia of Quito
In office
1799–1807
MonarchCharles IV
Preceded byLuis Antonio de Guzmán
Succeeded byManuel Ruiz Urriés de Castilla
Personal details
Born
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet y Bosoist

(1748-07-29)July 29, 1748
Cathedral of Quito
SpouseMaria Concepción Castaños y Aragorri
Parent(s)Jean Louis de Carondelet and Marie Angélique Bernarde de Rasoir
Military service
Allegiance Viceroyalty of New Spain
 Kingdom of Spain
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet y Bosoist, 5th Baron of Carondelet, (born 1748,

Quito, Ecuador) was a Spanish administrator of partial Burgundian descent in the employ of the Spanish Empire. He was a Knight of Malta.[1]

Biography

Youth and military career

Carondelet entered the service of the King of Spain in 1762, at age fifteen. By 1781, he commanded the IV Division, which fought at the

Aragón whose family was very influential at the royal court, Maria Concepción Castaños y Aragorri.[2]

Governor of El Salvador (1789 – 1791)

Carondelet was named governor of El Salvador in 1789. Because the local indigenous population working in the indigo industry had declined greatly, Carondolet recruited Spanish laborers. Their descendants are among the blonde and fair-skinned people of today's Chalatenango Department.[3]

Governor of Louisiana (1791 – 1797)

After his term as governor of El Salvador ended he was appointed governor of the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and West Florida, from 1791 to 1797. As French was his mother tongue, he was well regarded by the French Creole population. He established Louisiana's first newspaper, Le Moniteur. He made many improvements in the infrastructure of New Orleans, including the Carondelet Canal and the city's first street lighting. The street light tenders (attendants) served as watchmen and de facto municipal police.[4]

About 1793, he granted land near Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the Black Bob Band of Hathawekela Shawnee.[5]

U.S. expansion

Carondelet became concerned about westward U.S. expansion and was involved in the West Florida Controversy, which concerned the border between West Florida and the United States. He wanted to thwart the American policy of trying to secure unchallenged access to the Mississippi River, a goal which made Spanish colonial officials fear for the independence of Louisiana and New Spain. Working through an alliance with Native American tribes, Carondelet succeeded in thwarting westward American expansion for several years.

However, the U.S. finally gained ratification (1795) of

Spain
and defined the boundaries between the U.S. and the Spanish colonies. The treaty guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River.

Slave code

Upon taking up his post he had to deal with the

code
giving some protection to the slaves, which prescribed standards for quantity and quality of food and clothing.

This initiative created a certain amount of tension between him and the slaveholders. Carondelet responded by developing a stronger relationship with the slave and free-colored populations. He commissioned 29 free men of color in the militia and was proud of the three companies he formed with soldiers of African descent.[3]

President of the Real Audiencia de Quito (Ecuador) (1799 – 1807)

After his term in Louisiana, Carondelet served as President of the

Real Audiencia de Quito from 1799 through his death in 1807, supervising territory including present-day Ecuador, parts of Peru and Colombia. He was known as a moderate person who refrained from the arrogance and arbitrary behavior so often associated with functionaries. In 1803 he assisted the naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland during their visit to Quito. An educated man with progressive interests, he also helped the naturalist and geographer Francisco José de Caldas and the orator José Mejía Lequerica.[2]

In 1803, Indian insurrections took place in

Cathedral of Quito. After his death on August 10, 1807, he was interred at the Cathedral.[2]

Namesakes in North and South America

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-520635-7
    .
  2. ^ a b c Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel. "LUIS HÉCTOR GUISLAIN DE CARONDELET Y BARÓN DE CARONDELET". www.diccionariobiograficoecuador.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  3. ^ a b c "François Louis Hector de Carondelet". Noyelles sur Selle, Carondelet (in French). Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  4. ISBN 9780674059870
    .
  5. ^ "Hathawekela Indian Tribe History". Access Genealogy. 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17.

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Political offices
Preceded by Spanish Governor of San Salvador
1789–1791 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Spanish Governor of Louisiana
1791–1797 		Succeeded by
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