Their daughter Carlota de la Grúa Talamanca y Godoy, was made the 268th Noble Dame of the Royal Order of Queen María Luisa.

[5] The Marqués de Branciforte was sent by Godoy to head the government of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, taking office on March 26, 1794.

On December 12, 1794, Fray Servando Teresa de Mier gave a famous, disrespectful sermon at the church of Guadalupe.

The Crown also ordered increased vigilance in regard to United States citizens, not because of any known expansionist plots, but because they were viewed as revolutionaries, along with the French.

One of the condemned was Esteban Morel, a French man of science, professor of medicine and collaborator in the Gaceta de México.

A Peruvian priest living in Mexico, Melchor de Talamantes (1765–1809) was named to head the commission on the New Spain side.

When Spain, now at peace with France, declared war on Britain on October 5, 1797, Grúa confiscated the property of Britons living in the colony, for his own benefit.

War again being declared with France, Viceroy Grúa intended to raise new regiments from the provinces, expecting to make a fortune through the sale of positions.

[citation needed] The Villa de Branciforte, one of only three Spanish civil settlements in what is now the U.S. state of California (the others are now the cities of Los Angeles and San Jose), was named for him in 1797.