« Argos Luis Antonio Arguello Diocese of Argyll and the Isles »
Luis Antonio Arguello  Luis Antonio Argüello  Governor of
California, born at San Francisco, 1784; died there in 1830. His
family was one of the most influential and distinguished in the
early history of California. His father, Don José Dar=EDo
Argüello, was acting Governor of California in 1814-15, and
Governor of Lower California from 1815 to 1822. In August, 1806,
Don Luis succeeded his father as Comandante of California with
the rank of lieutenant. he was captain from 1818, and Governor
from November, 1822, to 1825. Don Luis was the only Governor
during the Mexican Empire, and the first native of California to
hold that office. He was also acting governor under the
provisional government which preceded the Mexican Republic. In
1821 he conducted what is popularly known as "Argüello's
expedition to the Columbia," the most extensive exploration of
the North Country ever made by the Spaniards in California. he
was hardly less popular than his il