Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella
| Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriela | |
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| 26th governor of Nuevo León (1st time) | |
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In office 1740–1746 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui y Urrutia |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Bueno de Borbolla |
| 20th governor of the Spanish Colony of Texas | |
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In office 1748–1750 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco García Larios |
| Succeeded by | Jacinto de Barrios y Jáuregui |
| 28th governor of Nuevo León (2nd time) | |
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In office 1752–1757 |
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| Preceded by | Vicente Bueno de Borbolla |
| Succeeded by | Juan Manuel Muñoz de Villavicencio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 15, 1682 Llanes (Asturias, Spain) |
| Died | Unknown Unknown |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Antonia Rodríguez |
| Profession | Political |
Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella (July 15, 1682 – ?) was acting governor of Texas from 1748 to 1750 and twice the governor of Nuevo León, Mexico (1740–1746 and 1752–1757).
Junco y Espriella was born on July 15, 1682, in Carranzo, Llanes (Asturias, Spain). He was the son of Felipe de Barrio Junco y Espriella and Ana Maria Noriega Rubín de Celis. He had a brother, Nicolás de Junco y Espriela, Knight of Calatrava.
He was a knight of the Order of Santiago. He joined the Spanish Army in his youth, attaining the position of colonel. In 1716, he traveled to modern Mexico as a knight of the Viceroy, Baltasar de Zúñiga. After this, he returned to Spain, and, in 1724, he returned to Mexico as Governor of Marquezado Valley.
In 1740, the Spanish Crown appointed him the governor the Mexican state of Nuevo León. He finished this term in 1746. Two years later, on June 3, 1748, he was appointed the interim governor of Texas. He unsuccessfully opposed the location chosen by the friars for Mission San Xavier del Bac. However, In June 1749, Junco y Espriella spoke with Juan Galván, an explorer who led the Mission San Xavier del Bac, to devise a plan to organize an expedition in the valley of San Javier (San Gabriel). He personally investigated the valley to decide how to conduct the expedition. On August 28, after returning from his expedition, Barrio decided to elect Lieutenant Galván to lead a new group of soldiers to San Javier. His government was arbitrary and, at some point, he imprisoned the first ruler of San Antonio, but this imprisonment lasted a short time. In 1750, a French soldier, the son of deceased explorer and soldier Louis Juchereau, asked Junco y Espriella for a license for direct trade with the Caddo people. Junco y Espriella refused this license, so the soldier carried French troops to the towns and took many goods to try to convince the indigenous people that the Spanish were not their friends since they had tried to stop the French from giving them the goods.
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