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Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses | |
|---|---|
| Colonial governor of Mozambique | |
| In office 24 April 1854 – 26 September 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães |
| Succeeded by | João Tavares de Almeida |
| Colonial governor of Cape Verde | |
| In office 22 December 1876 – 7 May 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Guilherme Quintino Lopes de Macedo |
| Succeeded by | António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio |
| Governor-general of Angola | |
| In office 7 May 1878 – July 1880 | |
| Preceded by | Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque |
| Succeeded by | António Eleutério Dantas |
| Colonial governor of Portuguese India | |
| In office 16 June 1889 – 10 March 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Governing Council |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Maria da Cunha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1822 Massarelos near Porto |
| Died | 1 January 1905 Amarante |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
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]
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
- 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
Notes
- ^ a b c d Albano da Silveira Pinto (1883). "Resenha das Familias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal - Tomo I". p. 486-489.
- ^ "Mozambique". worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ "Angola". worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ "Goa". worldstatesmen.org.