Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses (24 January 1816 –20 November 1899) was a Portuguese colonial administrator. He was the governor of Cape Verde and of Angola. He was born on 24 January 1816 in Geraz do Lima,northern Portugal. His father was Pedro Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses. [1] He succeeded António Maria Barreiros Arrobas as governor of Cape Verde on 28 March 1858,and was succeeded by Januário Correia de Almeida in June 1860. [2] He succeeded Carlos Augusto Franco as governor of Angola in February 1861,and was succeeded by JoséBaptista de Andrade in September 1862. [3] He was Minister of Public Works in the government of Sáda Bandeira (1868-1869). [4] He died in Viana do Castelo on 20 November 1899. [1]
Viana do Castelo is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 85,778,in an area of 319.02 km2. The urbanized area of the municipality,comprising the city,has a population of approximately 36,148 inhabitants,although the extended densely populated region reaches surrounding municipalities like Caminha and Ponte de Lima with a population above 150,000 inhabitants. It is located at the mouth of the Lima river,on the Portuguese Way path,an alternative path of the Camino de Santiago.
Yolanda Morazzo Lopes da Silva was a Cape Verdean language writer as well as a poet.
Bernardo de SáNogueira de Figueiredo,1st Marquess de Sáda Bandeira was a Portuguese nobleman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for five times. He was the most prominent Portuguese defender of the abolition of slavery in Portugal and its domains.
António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos was a Portuguese army general and colonial administrator.
Francisco de Paula Bastos,Viscount de Bastos was a Portuguese noble,military and political figure.
João da Mata Chapuzet was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect. He was colonial governor of Cape Verde,succeeding António Pusich on 16 January 1823. He was succeeded as governor by Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos on 13 December 1826. Governor Chapuzet initiated the modernisation of the city of Praia.
Fortunato JoséBarreiros was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect.
António Maria Barreiros ArrobasComA was a Portuguese colonial administrator.
Januário Correia de Almeida,Count of São Januário was a Portuguese colonial administrator,military engineer and a diplomat. He was created Baron of São Januário by King Luís I in 1866,Viscount of São Januário in 1867 and Count of São Januário in 1889. He was born in Paço de Arcos on 31 March 1829 as son of Januário Correia de Almeida and Bárbara Luísa dos Santos Pinto.
Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was governor general of Cape Verde from 29 March 1869 until 26 February 1876,succeeding JoséGuedes de Carvalho e Meneses. He was succeeded by Guilherme Quintino Lopes de Macedo. In June 1876,he was appointed governor general of Angola,succeeding JoséBaptista de Andrade. He was succeeded by Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses in July 1878. From 3 December 1878 until 10 April 1882 he was governor-general of Portuguese India.
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was a younger brother of JoséGuedes de Carvalho e Meneses who was governor of Mozambique and Cape Verde.
JoséGuedes Brandão de Melo was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was a son of Francisco Brandão de Melo Cogominho and Maria da Natividade Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses,who was a sister of Joséand Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses. On 10 May 1876,he married Maria dos Prazeres Mimoso da Costa Pereira Alpoim de Carvalho. He was governor general of Cape Verde from 4 February 1890 until 5 September 1893.
Abel Fontoura da Costa was a Portuguese colonial administrator,a military officer,a politician and a scientist.
Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes. ComTE,CvC,CvA,OSE was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was also Chief of Staff during the 31 January 1891 revolt.
Silvino Silvério Marques was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a general of the Portuguese Army. He was governor of Cape Verde from 1958 to 1962,and governor of Angola for two terms:from 1962 to 1966,and in 1974. He was administrator of the National Steel Industry from 1967 to 1970,interim director of Armed Engineers and 2nd Commander of the Military Region of Mozambique from 1971 to January 1973. In May 1974,he was installed by general António de Spínola as governor of Angola,but was removed from office after two months for not giving guarantees to follow instructions from the National Salvation Junta. He was retired into reserve in 1975.
Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha was a Portuguese colonial administrator. He was born around 1590,and was governor of Portuguese Cape Verde from 1624 to 1628. He succeeded Manuel Afonso de Guerra,who was also the Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde. He was succeeded by João Pereira Corte-Real. In 1634,he became the captain-general of Portuguese Angola,succeeding Manuel Pereira Coutinho. He was succeeded on 18 October 1639 by Pedro César de Meneses.
Joséda Silva Maldonado d'Eça was a Portuguese colonial administrator. He was governor of the colony of Cape Verde from 19 June 1795 until his death on 10 September 1795. He succeeded Francisco JoséTeixeira Carneiro and was succeeded by Marcelino António Bastos. During his time as governor,the first cotton fields were planted in Cape Verde.
JoséGuedes de Carvalho e Meneses was a Portuguese colonial administrator. He was born on 19 May 1814 in Mancelos in northern Portugal. He was created Count of Costa by King Luís I in 1875. He was an older brother of Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses who was governor of Angola,Mozambique and Cape Verde.
António Augusto Peixoto Correia was a Portuguese colonial administrator,military officer and politician. He was born 11 October 1913 in Vila Nova de Gaia,a suburb of Porto in northern Portugal. He was a navy officer,and was governor of the District of Huíla in Angola in 1955. Between 1957 and 1958,he was governor of Cape Verde. He succeeded Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral and was succeeded by Silvino Silvério Marques.