| Pedro Esteban y González-Larrinaga, Marquis de Esteban | |
| Birth Name: | Pedro Esteban y González-Larrinaga |
| Honorific Prefix: | Don |
| Nationality: |  Spanish |
| Birth Date: | 1850 |
| Order: | Mayor of Havana |
| Constituency3: | Captaincy General of Cuba |
| Term Start3: | June 19, 1898 |
| Term End3: | January 1, 1899 |
| Predecessor3: | Miguel Diaz |
| Successor3: | Perfecto Lacoste[1] |
Pedro Esteban y González-Larrinaga, also known as Marquis de Esteban, was the last Spanish Mayor of Havana elected under Spanish rule.[2]
Pedro Esteban y González-Larrinaga was born in Havana, Spanish Cuba in 1850. His relatives were one of the old wealthy Spanish families in Cuba. He was bestowed the non-royal title of Marquis de Esteban, which translates as Marquis of Esteban based on his father's surname. His maternal grandfather was Don Ignacio González-Larrinaga y Benítez, an honorary intendant of the Navy.[3]
On December 17, 1879, he graduated from the Universidad de la Habana and received his Bachelor of Laws.[4]
By the 1890s, he was a large property owner.
Pedro Esteban, who succeeded a conservative mayor, was appointed by Captain General Ramón Blanco rather than being chosen by popular vote.[5] He was a member of the Autonomist Junta in Havana. Despite the papal title, he had no qualifications or experience in politics.[6]
Marquis of Esteban took up his post on June 19, 1898, serving as the Mayor and president of the City Council of Havana.[7]
In December 1898, he witnessed the ashes of Christopher Columbus being transferred from the Havana Cathedral to the Spanish cruiser [''[Spanish cruiser Conde del Venadito|Conde del Venadito]].[8]
At the time of the Spanish evacuation, the civil government surrendered.[9] He held the position of municipal mayor of Havana until January 1899 when American military authorities appointed Cuban Perfecto Lacoste.[10]