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Hugh OConor by birth or Hugo Oconr by Spanish, was a military governor of northern Mexico. He was appointed governor of Texas by the Spanish viceroy of New Spain in 1767. It is recorded that OConor rode well over 10,000 miles on horseback in the course of conducting his duties. OConor was called The Red Captain by the Apache, both for the color of his hair and his formidable military leadership.

OConnor was born in 1732 in Ireland, but raised in Spain. He was a descendant of king of Ireland Turlough Mor OConor , and for that reason the OConor family rejected British rule. For political and religious reasons, when he wasyears oldlike many other Irish aristocratsOConor left his homeland and moved to Spain where his cousins Alexander and Dominic OReilly, were serving as officers in the Spanish Royal Army. He was established in Aragon.

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