1. Pedro Ortiz de la Barriere Castro was a Spanish politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the colonial intendant of the Intendancy of San Salvador from 1819 until 1821.
16 Facts About Pedro Barriere
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Pedro Barriere served the first head of state of the Province of San Salvador after the signing of the Act of Independence of Central America from September to November 1821.
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Pedro Barriere was killed in action at the Battle of Milingo during the First Central American Civil War.
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Pedro Ortiz de la Barriere Castro was born in 1768 in Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, which was part of the Spanish Empire.
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Pedro Barriere's father was Pedro Barriere, who was of French descent, and his mother was Josefa de Castro, who was of Spanish descent.
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Pedro Barriere graduated from the Saint Thomas Aquinas University in Santo Domingo where he earned his doctorate in 1796.
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Pedro Barriere moved to the Captaincy General of Cuba in November 1800 to work as a lawyer.
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Pedro Barriere entered the service of the colonial government at the end of the eighteenth century.
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In 1813, Pedro Barriere was appointed as an advisor to the government of the Intendancy of Comayagua; he assumed office on 31 July 1813.
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In 1819, following Peinado's death, Pedro Barriere succeeded Peinado as colonial intendant in an interim capacity.
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On 15 September 1821, the Act of Independence of Central America was signed in Guatemala City, of which Pedro Barriere was a signatory; Pedro Barriere remained as the political chief of San Salvador and swore allegiance to Central American independence.
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On 4 October 1821, Pedro Barriere retracted his pledge to form a junta resulting in unrest; he ordered soldiers to disperse crowds of protestors and ordered the arrests of Manuel Jose Arce, Domingo Antonio de Lara, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, Manuel Castillo, and Mariano Fagoaga.
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Pedro Barriere sent those he had arrested to Guatemala, fearing that they would lead a popular revolution against him in El Salvador.
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On 19 April 1822, the government of the First Mexican Empire bestowed him the title of "Honorary Oidor of the Audiencia of Guatemala" for his service to the empire; on 2 July 1822, Pedro Barriere swore his allegiance to the empire.
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Pedro Barriere was killed during the Battle of Milingo on 18 May 1827 during the First Central American Civil War.
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On 8 May 1812, Pedro Barriere married Ana Paulina Pajares Palacios, who was the daughter of Antonio Victoriano Pajares and Juana Felipa Palacios.