BID Number
19216
Birth
1727: SPAIN
Occupation
1768 May - 1776 Nov: NUEVA VIZCAYA/CAPITAN GENERAL,GOBERNADOR
1773 Jun 11: NUEVA VIZCAYA/CORONEL
1777 May: VERACRUZ/SAILED FOR SPAIN, GENERAL, CABALLERODE LA ORDEN DE SANTIAGO.
Ethnicity
ESPANOL
Notes
NAMED GOVERNOR IN 1768 AND TOOK POSSESSION OF THE OFFICE IN JULY, 1769. DURING HIS TENURE, APACHES WERE A CONSTANT AND SERIOUS DANGER, TERRORIZING CHIHUAHUA AND EFFECTIVELY STOPPING MOST ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. FAINI ALSO HAD TO FIGHT THE COLONIAL BUREAUCRACY, ESPECIALLY LOPE DE CUELDI AND BERNARDO DE GALVEZ RELATIVE TO HIS POWER AND JURISDICTION AS GOVERNOR.
Source
NAVARRO GARCIA
Sources
NAVARRO GARCIA: DON JOSE DEL GALVEZ Y LA COMANDANCIA ... (1964) KESSELL: FRIARS, SOLDIERS, AND REFORMERS (1976) ALMADA: DICCIONARIO CHIHUAHUENSE (1968)
Variant Spelling
FAYNI, JOSE DE
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