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Pascual Enrile y Acedo (Cádiz, 13 April 1772 – Madrid, 6 January 1839) was a Spanish soldier, naval officer, and colonial governor who participated in the Spanish American wars of independence.

Early years
He was born in Cádiz and was the son of Enrile y Guerci, marquess of House Enrile, and María de la Concepción Alcedo y Herrera. His father was later named general director of the Asiento of Negroes in Havana. When Pascual was 16, he enlisted in the Spanish Navy as a Marine Guard in the department in Ferrol, Galicia. When he finished his four-year studies he was told to sign on to do his naval practices, taking part in the North African War.

He was promoted to his first rank of commissioned officer, as an ensign, on 2 June 1790. There is no more data about himself during this period of time. His promotions are the only ones recorded and we know that he was promoted to minor lieutenant by the Royal Order of Spain on 22 November 1974 and to lieutenant on 5 October 1802.

Spanish Royal Navy
Holding this rank, he was given the command of brigantine Prueba which joined the ships that were carrying out the meridian mesurment works between France and the Balearic Islands. He accomplished his duty successfully in 1803.

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After reclaiming New Granada, Morillo had to go back to Venezuela in 1817 because he was worried about the new outbreak of the war, since Bolívar, Piar, Páez, and other Venezuelan chiefs revived the movements while Morillo was in New Granada.

In 1819, he was named Chief of the Navy forces in Rio de la Plata. Therefore, he joined all the actions that took place.

Governor of the Philippines
In 1826 he was named captain general in the Philippines. In 1827 the authority in this archipelago was divided and he became the navy commandant of all the royal forces. He became fully dedicated to the fight against piracy and he did some improvements for the naval station of Cavite. He managed to put the keel to the frigate Esperanza, which was the size of 50 cannons.

Afterwards, he proceeded to reorganize all branches of the service, dividing the islands and creating a big number of captaincies in the harbor. He was also in charge of distributing the naval jurisdiction in this area and he ordered to analyze the nautical charts of all the harbors to know better all the possible defeats and its dangers.

Shortly after coming back to Spain in 1829, he was promoted as lieutenant general in July 1829 by the Spanish Royal Order.