Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (5 April 1822[1] – 1 January 1905) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was a younger brother of José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses who was governor of Mozambique and Cape Verde.[1]

Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
Colonial governor of Mozambique
In office
24 April 1854  26 September 1857
Preceded byJoaquim Pinto de Magalhães
Succeeded byJoão Tavares de Almeida
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
22 December 1876  7 May 1878
Preceded byGuilherme Quintino Lopes de Macedo
Succeeded byAntónio de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio
Governor-general of Angola
In office
7 May 1878  July 1880
Preceded byCaetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque
Succeeded byAntónio Eleutério Dantas
Colonial governor of Portuguese India
In office
16 June 1889  10 March 1891
Preceded byGoverning Council
Succeeded byFrancisco Maria da Cunha
Personal details
Born5 April 1822
Massarelos near Porto
Died1 January 1905
Amarante
NationalityPortuguese

He was governor general of Mozambique from 24 April 1854 until 26 September 1857.[2] He was governor general of Cape Verde from 22 December 1876[3] until 7 May 1878, when he became governor of Angola,[1] an office he fulfilled until July 1880.[4] He was governor of Portuguese India from 16 June 1889 until 10 March 1891.[5]

He was Commander of the Order of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. Albano da Silveira Pinto (1883). "Resenha das Familias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal - Tomo I". p. 486-489.
  2. "Mozambique". worldstatesmen.org.
  3. "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. "Angola". worldstatesmen.org.
  5. "Goa". worldstatesmen.org.
Preceded by
Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães
Governor-general of Mozambique
1854-1857
Succeeded by
João Tavares de Almeida
Preceded by
Guilherme Quintino Lopes de Macedo
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
1876-1878
Succeeded by
António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio
Preceded by
Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque
Governor-general of Angola
1878-1880
Succeeded by
António Eleutério Dantas
Preceded by
Governing Council
Colonial governor of Portuguese India
1889-1891
Succeeded by
Francisco Maria da Cunha
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