Manuel Pardo (governor)

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.

Manuel Pardo
37th 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
39th 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)

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), Portugal (1801), Aranjuez and Madrid (both in 1802 in the Community of Madrid). Pardo later traveled to New Spain where he joined the army.^[1] He was promoted to colonel.^[1][2]

On March 20, 1817, Pardo was appointed Interim Governor of the Province of Texas^[1] and held the position until may of that year. Pardo's successor, Antonio María Martínez, claimed the interim Governor had impoverished Texas and depleted military defenses.^[3]

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 troops of Martín Perfecto de Cos in Monclova.^[1]