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Francisco Xavier de la Paz Pizarro Martínez (24 January 1787 – 9 February 1840) was a Mexican diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States from 17 October 1837 until his death on 9 February 1840. Previously, Pizarro served as Mexican consul to New Orleans.

Biography

Francisco Pizarro was born in Mexico City on 24 January 1787 to Timoteo Antonio Pizarro López and Antonia San Martín Pérez, a Spanish couple from Alcántara, Extremadura, and Cádiz, respectively. At 27, he married Marie Thérèse Visoso, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and daughter of a Galician immigrant, on 27 April 1814.

In 1833, as Mexican consul of New Orleans, Pizarro refused entry to blacks and other "people of color" to the then-Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas, claiming that they were slaves in disguise and inherently lazy and immoral. After the Texas Revolution, he negotiated a prisoner exchange with Stephen F. Austin in the winter of 1836.

In May 1837, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States by President Anastasio Bustamante. As envoy, he negotiated the Convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States of America upon the Government of the Mexican Republic with John Forsyth in 1838.

Shortly thereafter, Pizarro died while on duty on 9 February 1840, at the age of 53, in Washington, D.C. The President of the United States, his cabinet, and members of the diplomatic corps were present at his Catholic funeral. He was originally interred behind the Chapel of St. Francis Xavier on College Ground (a burial ground of the Holy Trinity Church) in the historical neighborhood of Georgetown. In 1953, when Georgetown University cleared the cemetery for the construction of new buildings, his remains were transferred to Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Notes and references

1. ^ "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. ^ Johnson, Raymond. "Francisco Pizarro Martínez". Stewart-de Jaham Genealogy Pages. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
3. ^ Lebeau, Ed. "Francisco Pizarro Martínez". Find A Grave. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
4. Sanchiz Ruiz, Javier E. "Family tree of Francisco Pizarro Martínez". Geneanet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
5. González Navarro, Moisés (1997). "Racism and Mestizaje". In Rodríguez, Jaime E.; Vincent, Kathryn (eds.). Common Border, Uncommon Paths: Race, Culture, and National Identity in U.S.-Mexican Relations. University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8420-2673-4. OCLC 228659739. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
6. Austin, Stephen F. (30 November 1836). "Letter to Francisco Pizarro Martinez". The Portal to Texas History. The University of North Texas Libraries. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
7. Public documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., United States of America: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1838. pp. 152–153. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
8. Acts and Resolutions Passed at the First Session of the 26th Congress of the United States of America. Washington, D.C., United States of America: S. D. Langtree. 1840. pp. 111–118. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
9. "University of Notre Dame Archives: Calendar (1840)".
10. ^ Fletcher, Carlton (July–September 2002). "Holy Rood Cemetery". Glover Park History: Historical Sketches of Glover Park, Upper Georgetown, & Georgetown Heights. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

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