Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses | |
|---|---|
| Colonial governor of Mozambique | |
| In office 1854–1857 | |
| Preceded by | Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães |
| Succeeded by | João Tavares de Almeida |
| Colonial governor of Cape Verde | |
| In office 1878–1878 | |
| Preceded by | G.C. Lopes de Macedo |
| Succeeded by | António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio |
| Governor-general of Angola | |
| In office 1878–1880 | |
| Preceded by | Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque |
| Succeeded by | António Eleutério Dantas |
| Colonial governor of Portuguese India | |
| In office 1878–1882 | |
| Preceded by | 26th Council of the Government of the State of India |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Maria da Cunha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1824 Massarelos near Porto |
| Died | 1 January 1905 Amarante |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses.[1] (5 August 1824 – 1 January 1905) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military personnel.
He was the son of Francisco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses da Costa, 1st Viscount of Costa with Ana José de Portugal e Meneses and brother of José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, governor of Cape Verde and Mozambique
He was nominated governor of Mozambique in 1853 and functioned for three years from 1854 to 1857. During his role as a governor, he made great fortune in the slave trade and was later dismissed by King Peter V.[2] He pacified the Quelimane region.
He was nominated governor of Cape Verde in 1878[3][4] and later governor-general of Angola in the same year and remained until 1880.[5][6]
In 1889, he was 103rd governor of Portuguese India and remained until 1891.[7][8]
He was Commander of the Order of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa.
See also
- List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
- List of colonial governors of Angola
- List of colonial governors of Mozambique
- List of governors of Portuguese India
- History of Cape Verde
- History of Angola
Notes
- ^ In the older spelling, it was written as, Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Menezes
- ^ Documentos relativos ao apresamento, julgamento e entrega da barca franceza Charles et Georges. Imprensa Nacional [S.l.] 1858. pp. 224–226.
- ^ "Cape Verde". rulers.org.
- ^ "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ "Angola". rulers.org.
- ^ "Angola". worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ "Portuguese India". rulers.org.
- ^ "Portuguese India". worldstatesmen.org.