Major José Francisco Esteban Mestivier | |
|---|---|
Joseph François Etienne Mestivier | |
| Died | 1832 |
| Cause of death | Murdered |
| Resting place | Unknown |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Known for | Argentine Military and Civil commander who was murdered in a mutiny |
| Spouse | Gertrudis Sanchez |
| Children | 1 |
Esteban Mestivier (died 1832) served as the Argentine Military and Civil commander in the Falkland Islands for a brief period in 1832. His appointment to the role was gazetted in the British and Argentine Packet News in September 1832. The announcement led to the British consul issuing a note of protest, which other than a brief acknowledgement from Argentina went unanswered. This combined with the USS Lexington raid of 1831, is considered to have prompted the British to send a small naval patrol to re-assert British sovereignty in the Falkland Islands.
Arriving in October 1832, he was murdered in a mutiny the following month. There are few reliably known details of his early life and even the exact circumstances of his death are unclear.