British Motor Corporation licence, its name was: 'AUTHI' -'Automoviles de Turismo Hispano-Ingleses' -'Spanish-English Tourism Automobiles'. The factory was in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, and when the production of Austin and Mini cars was discontinued, Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (SEAT), owned by the state and some banks and industrial investors, purchased the factory. After the takeover of SEAT by Volkswagen, SEAT made an 'internal' resale of the Pamplona factory, formerly Authi, to Volkswagen, which soon started producing there the 'Polo'. The Wilson Labour government (1964–1970) came to power at a time when British manufacturing industry was in decline and decided that the remedy
Martín De León established Rancho Chiltipiquin, a cattle ranch in the vicinity of [[San Patricio County, Texas]]. Their cattle brand, with a connected E and J (standing for "Espíritu de Jesús"), became the first registered cattle brand in what was to become Texas. The brand had been modeled after one used by the Jesuits, and brought from [[Spain]] when the De León family emigrated. Martín officially registered it in Texas under the family name in 1807. De León's 1807 and 1809 petitions to act as an [[empresario]] for colonization in Texas were denied by the Spanish government. After [[Mexico]] gained its independence from