Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen
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Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen (aka Thomás Phelipe) de Winthuisen was governor of Texas
from 1741 to 1743.
in 1741, to replace to Orobio Prudencio Basterra. He was lucky to be one of the few civilians appointed to govern Texas when it was a Spanish colony. During his administration, San Antonio continued to be attacked by Apaches, and he received, the first reports indicating the emergence of the Comanche
in the north.
Handedly he did meet the regulations and carrying out a recovery program that repairs the ruins of the prison buildings.
He left the office in 1743 to be replaced by Justo Morales y Boneo. The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo decided to build a Presidio with a large square with bastions at each corner. However, later, Tomas Felipe de Winthuisen do a tour of the region in 1744 and he prompted to report that a presidio as such did not exist, “for only its poorly formed houses make up square plaza, without any wall or stockade”. One of these small houses served as the first home (and office) of the Captain of the Presidio.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
from 1741 to 1743.
Biography
Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen was born in the early eighteenth century, but little is known about his life. He was appointed governor of TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
in 1741, to replace to Orobio Prudencio Basterra. He was lucky to be one of the few civilians appointed to govern Texas when it was a Spanish colony. During his administration, San Antonio continued to be attacked by Apaches, and he received, the first reports indicating the emergence of the Comanche
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American ethnic group whose historic range consisted of present-day eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas. Historically, the Comanches were hunter-gatherers, with a typical Plains Indian...
in the north.
Handedly he did meet the regulations and carrying out a recovery program that repairs the ruins of the prison buildings.
He left the office in 1743 to be replaced by Justo Morales y Boneo. The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo decided to build a Presidio with a large square with bastions at each corner. However, later, Tomas Felipe de Winthuisen do a tour of the region in 1744 and he prompted to report that a presidio as such did not exist, “for only its poorly formed houses make up square plaza, without any wall or stockade”. One of these small houses served as the first home (and office) of the Captain of the Presidio.