Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen

Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen (aka Thomás Phelipe) was governor of the Province of Texas from 1741 to 1743.

In addition, unlike most governors, Winthuisen prevented the development of trade with the French, which was officially illegal.

[2] One year after his replacement in the Texas government in 1744, Winthuisen (through a report) pointed out the need to reduce the number of soldiers of Los Adaes, who were 60 people, leaving only 40 of them in the garrison.

[1] The former governor Virto de Vera decided to build a Presidio with a large square with bastions at each corner.

However, later, Tomas Felipe de Winthuisen traveled the region in 1744 and reported that a presidio as such did not exist, "for only its poorly formed houses make up square plaza, without any wall or stockade".