Francisco Ortiz de la Renta (c. 1726 – c. 1806) was a
Teniente a guerra Mayor of
Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1766 to 31 December 1800, when
José Benítez took over the mayoral administration.
Background
Francisco Ortiz de la Renta was a descendant of the founder of
San Germán, on the hills of Santa Marta, next to
Río Guanajibo
The Guanajibo River ( es, Río Guanajibo) is a river that runs through Hormigueros, Cabo Rojo, Mayagüez, San Germán, and Sabana Grande in Puerto Rico.
Flood control project
In mid 2018, the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced i ...
, in 1573.
[Francisco Lluch Mora. ''Orígenes y Fundación de Ponce, y otras noticias relativas a su desarrollo urbano, demográfico y cultural (Siglos XVI-XIX). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Segunda Edición. 2006. p. 39.] As teniente a guerra, he was the administrative head of the municipality.
See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
*
List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military offi ...
Notes
References
Further reading
* Ramon Marin. ''Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce.'' Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links
Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1720s births
1800s deaths
Year of death uncertain
Year of birth uncertain
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