José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda
Former Governor of the colony of Nuevo Santander
José de Escandón y Helguera, conde de Sierra was a Spanish Indian-fighter in New Spain and the founder and first governor of the colony of Nuevo Santander, which extended from the Pánuco River in the modern-day Mexican state of Tamaulipas to the... Wikipedia
Born: May 19, 1700, Santa Cruz de Bezana, Spain
Died: September 10, 1770 (age 70 years), Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
Children: Manuel de Escandón
Nationality: Spanish