Career
He participated in the Texas Revolution as the assistant to the Centralist Troops led by Martín Perfecto de Cos on the Mexican side. Manuel Pardo was born in 1774, in Santander (Cantabria, Spain). He joined the Spanish Army in his youth and fought in the military campaigns of France (in 1795) and Portugal (1801).
In 1802, he fought in the wars of Aranjuez and Madrid (both in the Community of Madrid).
Pardo later traveled to New Spain where he joined the army. He was promoted to colonel.
On March 20, 1817, Pardo was appointed Interim Governor of the Province of Texas. Pardo"s successor, Antonio María Martínez, claimed the interim Governor had impoverished Texas and depleted military defenses.
In 1819, Pardo was appointed Governor of Coahuila, replacing José Franco.
He governed Coahuila until November 25, 1820. In 1822, Pardo became political chief of Monclova, Coahuila, and, in 1835, in the Texas Revolution, he was assistant of the centralist troops of Martín Perfecto de Cos in Monclova.
