First Spanish Period, 1565-1763
Name | Term | Notes | |
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés | 8 Sep 1565 - 17 Sep 1574 | founder of St. Augustine and Adelantado of the first Florida government | |
Hernando de Miranda | 1575 - 1577 | ||
Pedro Menéndez de Márquez | 1577 - 1589 (acting to 1578) | beginning of the Timucua missionizations | |
Gutierre de Miranda | 1589 - 1592 | ||
Rodrigo del Junco | 1592 | ||
Domingo Martínez de Avendaño | 1594 - 1596 | ||
Gonzalo Méndez de Cancio y Donlebún | 1596 - 1603 | ||
Pedro de Ibarra | 1603 - 1609 | ||
Juan Fernández de Olivera | 1609 - 1613 | ||
Juan Treviño de Guillamas | 1613 - 1618 | ||
Juan de Salinas | 1618 - 1624 | ||
Luis de Rojas y Borja | 1624 - 1630 | ||
Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas | 1630 - 1633 | ||
Luis de Horruytiner | 1633 - 1639 | Apalachee missions established | |
Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo | 1639 - 1645 | ||
Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla | 1645 - 1646 | ||
Pedro Horruytiner Benedit | 1646 - 1647 | acting | |
Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla | 1647 - 1650 | ||
Nicolás Ponce de León | 1650 - 1654 | ||
Pedro Horruytiner Benedit | 1654 - 1655 | ||
Diego de Rebolledo | 1655 - 1659 | ||
Alonso de Aranguiz y Cortés | 1659 - 1664 | ||
Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega | 1664 - 1670 | ||
Manuel de Çendoya | 1670 - 1673 | ||
Nicolás Ponce de León II | 1673 - 1674 | ||
Pablo de Hita y Salazar | 1674 - 1680 | ||
Juan Márquez Cabrera | 1680 - 1687 | ||
Diego de Quiroga y Losado | 1687 - 1693 | ||
Laureano de Torres y Ayala, Marquis of Casa Torres | 1693 - 1699 | later served as royal governor of Cuba | |
José de Zúñiga y la Cerda | 1699 - 1706 | later served as governor of Cartagena de Indias | |
Francisco de Córcoles y Martínez | 1706 - 1716 | ||
Pedro de Olivera y Fullana | 1716 | ||
Juan de Ayala y Escobar | 1716 - 1718 | acting | |
Antonio de Benavides | 1718 - 1734 | ||
Francisco del Moral y Sánchez | 1734 - 1737 | ||
Manuel de Montiano | 1737 - 1749 | ||
Melchor de Navarrete | 1749 - 1752 | ||
Fulgencio García de Solís | 1752 - 1755 | acting | |
Alonso Fernández de Heredia | 1755 - 1758 | ||
Lucas Fernando de Palacio y Valenzuela | 1758 - 1761 | ||
Alonso de Cárdenas | 1761 - 1762 | ||
Melchor Feliú | 1762 - 1763 | oversaw migration of many Spanish Floridians to Cuba |
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