Vicente Manuel de Céspedes

Vicente Manuel de Céspedes y Velasco
1st Governor of Spanish East Florida
In office
June 27, 1784 – July 1790
Preceded byPatrick Tonyn (in the British East Florida)
Succeeded byJuan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo
Personal details
Born1721?
Valencia, Spain
Died1794
Cuba
SpouseConcepción Basabe Arostegui
ProfessionGovernor

Vicente Manuel de Céspedes (1721?–1794), also known as Vicente Manuel de Zéspedes, was a Spanish colonel and field marshal in the Spanish Royal Army who served as governor of Santiago de Cuba (1781–1782) and the Spanish province of East Florida (1784–1790).

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