Don Enrique Grimarest

Bernardo de Galvez appointed Grimarest, Captain of the Navarra Regiment, the Governor Of the Fort Of Mobile and civil governor of its district (Nombramiento de Enrique Grimarest como gobernador del castillo de la Mobila y comandante civil de su distrito) on March 16, 1780 after it conquest by the Spanish.

Grimarest was later Intendant Governor of the Provinces of Sonora and Sinaloa. He was brigadier of the Spanish army, previously appointed military commander and intendant of the Royal Treasury. He was colonel of the royal armies, vice king of the province of Yucatan and commander of the Plaza de Campeche in 1786. His death on December 11, 1792 in Nuri, forced the suspension of the expedition that was then projected to definitively secure the road from Sonora to New Mexico. His son Enrique Grimarest was an important military leader in the independence of Mexico.

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