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Fernando Norzagaray y Escudero

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Governor-General of the Philippines, Governor of Puerto Rico (1808-1860)

SpainPoliticiansLived 1808 to 1860 · aged 52
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Fernando María Félix Mateo Juan Nepomuceno de Norzagaray y Escudero was a Spanish soldier and colonial governor. Of Basque descent, he was a lieutenant general before becoming the 104th Governor of Puerto Rico and the 78th Governor of the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule. He also had a political career in Spain.

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Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild
Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Cross Laureate of Saint Ferdinand
Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild

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Fernando María Félix Mateo Juan Nepomuceno de Norzagaray y Escudero was a Spanish soldier and colonial governor. Of Basque descent, he was a lieutenant general before becoming the 104th Governor of Puerto Rico and the 78th Governor of the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule. He also had a political career in Spain. In 1840 he was briefly Minister of War. On his return to Spain in 1860, he was made a senator, but he died the same year.

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Spain
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1808 to 1860 · aged 52
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