Carlos Francisco de Croix, 1st Marquess of Croix

Carlos Francisco de Croix served in the Spanish army, where he rose to the rank of general.

In ordering the expulsion, the viceroy divulged the royal disposition in a message that ended with these eloquent words: "... once and for the future, the subjects of the great monarch who occupies the throne of Spain, should know that they were born to be silent and obey and not to discusse, nor to comment on the high affairs of the government."

Viceroy de Croix was aware of this, and included information about it in a secret report to King Charles III.

His censorship reached the level of suppressing the Diario Literario, published by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, even though it contained only literary and scientific articles (May 15, 1768).

The Pima and Seri Indians had resumed their revolt, and the viceroy sent an expeditionary column to Sonora to suppress it (April 14, 1767).

Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, heroine of Mexican independence, was born September 8, 1768, in Valladolid (Morelia).

De Croix received the troops sent from Spain to defend the colony against potential British attacks.

The Apaches and Comanches were defeated in Nueva Vizcaya by militia under the command of Captain Bernardo de Gálvez.

He turned over his office to Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa on September 2, 1771, and returned to Spain.

Upon his return to Spain, King Charles III named him captain general of Valencia, where he died a few years later.