Francisco Torralbo y Robles (1730 – May 15, 1795), acting governor of Puerto Rico, brigadier general, King's Lieutenant of Puerto Rico.

Biography

Colonel Francisco Torralbo was born in the

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. He was the legitimate son of Alfonso (Alonso) Torralbo, infantry captain in the Regiment of

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, and Apolonia Robles, he entered into marriage with Teresa Valenciano y Pimentel in 1763 and had issue, among whom Juana Josefa de la Luz de Torralbo y Valenciano, who in turn married Colonel Rafael Conti y Flores, defender of Aguadilla against a British invasion in 1797.Ramírez Brau, Enrique, ''Orígenes portorriqueños'', Volume 1, pg. 204 (1942) He served as Spanish governor of

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on two occasions, 1789 and 1792–1793, both ''ad interim''. The first occasion occurred after governor Juan Dabán y Busterino was recalled to Spain; the second was similarly a consequence of governor Miguel Antonio de Ustariz's return to the

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following his physical indisposition, a permanent replacement would be, in effect, Field Marshal Ramón de Castro, owing to the sudden death in Mexico of the Crown's original choice, Brigadier General Enrique de Grimarest, which occurred after his appointment but before he could assume the post. During his interimships Torralbo dealt with the consequences of the ongoing French Revolution, especially through its manifestations on the neighboring French colonies of Saint Domingue and

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. After retiring Torralbo spent the remainder of his life in Puerto Rico and was buried in the Chapel of San Vicente Ferrer of the Convent of the Predicators in San Juan.

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External links

*Puerto Rico Encyclopedi

*Genealogical Study (in Spanish

*Familias de Cabo Roj

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torralbo y Robles, Francisco Royal governors of Puerto Rico 1730 births 1795 deaths