Alonso Fernández de Heredia

Alonso Fernández de Heredia (died March 19, 1782) was a Spanish Captain General and administrator who governed Honduras (1747), Florida (1751–1758), Yucatan (in modern-day Mexico; 1758–?

Heredia, like the other persons accused of smuggling, had fought against the British and promoted a plan to defend Spanish possessions on the Atlantic Coast.

[5] On the other hand, the Florida population grew under Heredia's administration when 363 agricultural settlers from the Canary Islands, Spain, arrived in St. Augustine in October 1757.

[3] Among his accomplishments in Yucatan, Heredia published a royal decree which exempted Indian women from all taxes and ordered several modifications to the fortification of Campeche.

His government in Honduras implemented a series of changes such as the reorganization of the tax code and an extension of state jurisdiction in social sectors.

The last modifications made to the Castillo de San Marcos during Heredia's administration were the drawbridge and portcullis, with a plaque of the Spanish royal coat-of-arms above them, built at the fort's entrance in 1756.