Pablo Vicente de Solá

Pablo Vicente de Solá
Governor of Alta California
In office 1815–1822
Preceded by	José Darío Argüello
Succeeded by	Luis Antonio Argüello
Personal details
Born	1761
Died	1826
Profession	Politician, soldier
Religion	Roman Catholic

Pablo Vicente de Solá, (1761–1826), was colonial governor of Spanish Alta California 1815-1822, the last under the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

Land grants

Solá granted in 1821 the 3,127-acre (1,265 ha) Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes to Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez. It lay in present day Los Angeles County, California, encompassing contemporary Cheviot Hills, Rancho Park, the northeast extension of Culver City, and a small section of Baldwin Hills with Ballona Creek.^[1]

Other Spanish land grants of Solá include:

• Rancho La Puente
• Rancho El Conejo
• Rancho Los Tularcitos
• Rancho Bolsa del Potrero y Moro Cojo
• Rancho San Antonio (Peralta)
• Rancho Vega del Rio del Pajaro

New Spain ceases

Solá served under the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The viceroyalty ceased to exist after its 1821 defeat in the Mexican War of Independence; the First Mexican Empire replaced it.

News of Mexico's victory slowly reached north to Alta California, and not until 1822 did Luis Antonio Argüello replace Solá as the Mexican provisional governor, and then as the first appointed Mexican colonial governor. Argüello was also the first native-born Californian to govern the state.

See also

• List of pre-statehood governors of California
• List of Ranchos of California

References

v t e Governors of California Before US 1 de Portolà 2 Fages 3 Rivera 4 de Neve 5 Fages 6 Roméu 7 Arrillaga 8 Arrillaga 9 Borica 10 Alberní 11 Arrillaga 12 J. Argüello 13 Solá 14 L. Argüello 15 Echeandía 16 Victoria 17 P. Pico 18 Zamorano / Echeandía 19 Figueroa 20 Castro 21 Gutierrez 22 Chico 23 Gutierrez 24 Alvarado 25 Carrillo 26 Alvarado 27 Micheltorena 28 P. Pico 29 Flores 30 A. Pico 31 P. Pico 32 Riley 33 Burnett After US 34 Burnett 35 McDougall 36 Bigler 37 J. Johnson 38 Weller 39 Latham 40 Downey 41 Stanford 42 Low 43 Haight 44 Booth 45 Pacheco 46 Irwin 47 Perkins 48 Stoneman 49 Bartlett 50 Waterman 51 Markham 52 Budd 53 Gage 54 Pardee 55 Gillett 56 H. Johnson 57 Stephens 58 Richardson 59 Young 60 Rolph 61 Merriam 62 Olson 63 Warren 64 Knight 65 P. Brown 66 Reagan 67 J. Brown 68 Deukmejian 69 Wilson 70 Davis 71 Schwarzenegger 72 J. Brown Before US After US US list by time in office US list by age