Melchor de Navarrete y Bujanda (1693–1761) was a Spanish soldier and administrator who served as governor of Cartagena de Indias (in what is now Colombia ), from 1739 to 1742; of Spanish Florida from 1749 to 1752; and of Yucatán (in what is now Mexico ), from 1754 to 1758. He was linked to several cases of corruption in Cartagena.
16-3982: Navarrete It is a surname of Spanish, Italian, French origin as well as Navarro People [ edit ] Ada Navarrete (1890–1967), Mexican opera singer Alfonso Navarrete Prida (born 1963), Mexican politician Alfredo Navarrete (born 1955), Mexican footballer Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete (1807–1884), Spanish politician and historian Antonio de Raya Navarrete (1536–1606), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop Armando Navarrete García (born 1980), Mexican footballer Bobby Navarrete, American musician, founding member (1973) of Tierra (band) Carlos Navarrete Cáceres (born 1931), Guatemalan anthropologist and writer Carlos Navarrete Ruiz (born 1955), Mexican politician Daniel Navarrete (model) (born 1977), Mister Venezuela 2001 Daniel Navarrete (wrestler) (born 1963), Argentine Olympic wrestler Diego Bernardo de Peredo y Navarrete (1696–1774), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop Diego de León, 1st Count of Belascoáin , birth name Diego de León y Navarrete (1807–1841), Spanish military figure Domingo Fernández Navarrete (c. 1610–1689), Spanish Dominican missionary and archbishop Emanuel Navarrete (born 1995), Mexican world champion boxer Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (1856–1920), Mexican Roman Catholic archbishop Gerardo Navarrete (born 1994), Chilean footballer Hernando Navarrete (1916–??), Colombian Olympian long-distance runner Ignacio María de Álava y Sáenz de Navarrete (1750–1817), Spanish naval officer Jacinto Navarrete (born 1962), Colombian middle-distance runner Javier Gómez-Navarro Navarrete (born 1945), Spanish politician Javier Navarrete (born 1956), Spanish composer of film scores Joaquina Navarrete Contreras (born 1966), Mexican politician Jolette (singer) , full name Jolette Guadalupe Hernández Navarrete (born 1984), Mexican singer and television presenter Jorge Campos Navarrete (born 1966), Mexican footballer József Navarrete (born 1965), Hungarian fencer Juan Fernández Navarrete (1526–1579) Spanish painter Juan Hernández (Mexican boxer) , full name Juan Hernandez Navarrete (born 1987), Mexican world champion boxer Juan Manuel Navarrete (born 1988), Argentine football Juan Pizarro Navarrete (1945–2022), Spanish physician and politician Julia Navarrete Guerrero (1881–1974), Mexican Roman Catholic nun, Venerable while being considered for sainthood Luis Navarrete (born 1948), Cuban gymnast María Benítez Navarrete (born 1958), Mexican politician María Concepción Navarrete (born 1959), Mexican politician María Ofelia Navarrete , Salvadoran politician Martín Fernández de Navarrete (1765–1844), Spanish sailor and historian Melchor de Navarrete (1693–1761), Spanish soldier and administrator Miguel Elizondo Navarrete (born 1968), Mexican sprinter Pedro Navarrete (born 1981), Mexican zonal champion boxer Pete Navarrete, American musician, founding member (2000) of band Ünloco Rafael Andrade Navarrete (1856–1928), Spanish politician and lawyer Randy Espinosa , full name Randy Navarrete Espinosa (born 1988), Guamanian footballer Rex Navarrete (born 1969), Filipino-American comedian Rolando Navarrete (born 1957), Filipino world champion boxer Romain Navarrete (born 1994), French rugby league player Segundo Navarrete (born 1985), Ecuadorian racing cyclist Sergio Navarrete (1925–??), Chilean alpine skier Tania Morgan Navarrete (born 1985), Mexican politician Tarcisio Navarrete (born 1954), Mexican politician and diplomat Tony Navarrete , American politician (first elected 2017) Urbano Navarrete Cortés (1920–2010), Spanish Roman Catholic Cardinal Ximena Navarrete (born 1988), Mexican Miss Universe 2010 See also [ edit ] Navarrete, Álava ,
32-666: A contract with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and sang with Enrico Caruso when he toured Mexico in 1919. She also sang in Havana and Montreal. Ada Navarrete married Honorato Carrasco. They had six children, including two daughters who became actresses, Ada Carrasco (1912–1994) and Queta Carrasco (1913–1996). Navarrete died in 1967, in Mexico City. Melchor de Navarrete Melchor de Navarrete
48-804: A hamlet in Bernedo, Basque Country, Spain Navarrete, La Rioja , a municipality in Spain Battle of Nájera (Battle of Navarrete), 1367 conflict in Castilian Civil War Navarrete (Municipio de villa Bisonó) , a municipality in the Dominican Republic [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Navarrete . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
64-618: A marriage license; when the English invaded Cartagena, he had forced more than 500 residents to leave the city; and he had allowed a frigate carrying 200,000 pesos of contraband into port in exchange for 8,000 pesos. Viceroy Eslava, who feared that his opponents, the mariners of the Marqués de la Ensenada's political party, would try to prevent him from continuing in office as viceroy of Peru (which later happened) allowed Navarrete and his wife to travel to Florida. On August 8, 1749, Navarrete
80-618: The Boston Grand Opera in 1917, promoted along with Tamaki Miura by opera impresario Max Rabinoff , to emphasize Boston's international company. Her American debut came as Gilda in Rigoletto that year. "Navarrete's voice is rather light in the lower register," explained one critic, "but this is more than atoned for by its marked sweetness in the upper." She also sang the parts of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1917. She had
96-450: The campaign. The Spanish troops conquered Valis, captured many ships and soldiers, and burned all privateer settlements they found, although Valis was later retaken by the English, and privateer attacks continued). Also during Navarrete's administration, the town council of Campeche requested permission to build a powder magazine away from the town plaza, where fires were frequently started by summer lightning storms. The powder magazine
112-537: The city's fortress. Navarrete was accompanied by Admiral de Lezo and Viceroy of New Granada Sebastián de Eslava , a lieutenant general in the Spanish Royal Army. In June, Navarrete wrote a letter to the Marqués de la Ensenada asking him to ensure that food was sent to Cartagena. In July, the city received 100,000 pesos from duties on commerce. In 1742, Navarrete was charged with several crimes by
128-639: The encomenderos and forced the Mayan chiefs to write a declaration that was forwarded to the Council of the Indies and King Ferdinand VI . They approved the declaration, and the forced work continued. Navarrete participated in a military campaign against privateers who had attacked the Yucatán coast in 1754. Ships and fleets came from Mexico City , Campeche , Bacalar , Honduras , and Havana to take part in
144-470: The most important merchant families in Cartagena, and in 1749, he got enough money to be appointed governor of Florida. He also regained his position as lieutenant to the king, until he left to assume his new office as governor. In spite of this, Colonel Diego de Pino, a smuggler who belonged to Cartagena's elite society, accused Navarrete of several criminal offenses: he had married after the king denied him
160-647: The officers of the Royal Treasury , who demonstrated that Navarrete had given commercial information to a French trader, Jean Lehen Brignon, advising him how to avoid paying royalties on a shipment worth 15,000 pesos, and suspected that Navarrete had taken the commission for himself. In response to these accusations, Viceroy Eslava replaced Navarrete as acting governor of Cartagena with Brigadier Basilio de Gante, and rejected Navarrete's petition to recover his office. The viceroy also suspended Navarrete as royal lieutenant. However, Navarrete's wife belonged to one of
176-577: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Navarrete&oldid=1244262755 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Spanish origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Ada Navarrete Ada Navarrete ( Mérida , Yucatán, July 20, 1890 — Mexico City , August 13, 1967), also seen as Ada Navarrete Tappan and Ada Navarrete de Carrasco ,
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#1732783597727192-458: Was a soprano opera singer from Yucatán , Mexico. Ada Navarrete was from Mérida, Yucatán , the daughter of Rodolfo Navarrete Sosa (a lawyer) and Leonor Tappan Polanco. Dates of her birth vary from 1880 to 1893 in sources. Navarrete, a coloratura soprano, began as a professional singer in Mexico City . She headlined her own touring company, managed by her husband. She became a member of
208-562: Was admitted as a knight of the Order of Santiago . In 1754, he was appointed governor and captain general of the Mexican provinces of Yucatán , Cozumel , and Tabasco . During his tenure in Yucatán, complaints were raised about the forced labor of the Mayas , the indigenous people of the peninsula, who were enslaved by encomenderos and forced to raise cotton. Navarrete defended the position of
224-597: Was appointed acting governor of the city, in charge of administration and food supply, while Admiral Blas de Lezo held the military command. In 1740, Navarrete entered the Order of Santiago and was promoted to the rank of field marshal in the Spanish Royal Army . In 1741, he participated in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias , fighting against the British Admiral, Edward Vernon , who tried to seize
240-441: Was appointed governor of Spanish Florida . While in office, he provided evidence of fugitive slaves leaving British Southern colonies for Florida. His correspondence of April, 1752 documented the baptism of fourteen fugitive enslaved persons living at Fort Mose . Fort Mose, inhabited mainly by free blacks, served St. Augustine as a buffer from Indian and British attacks. Navarrete left Florida office on July 3, 1752. In 1752, he
256-482: Was born on January 17, 1693, in the town of Briones, Spain , to Francisco Navarrete, the governor of Briones, and Josefa Bujanda y Bañuelos. His siblings were Javier and Teresa de Navarrete y Bujanda. He joined the Spanish Royal Army in his youth and eventually became a field marshal . In 1736, Navarrete moved to Cartagena to become the King's Lieutenant. Three years later, after the death of Governor Pedro Hidalgo, he
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