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Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

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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]

Quick Facts Colonial governor of Mozambique, Preceded by ...

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]

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  1. [1]
    Albano da Silveira Pinto (1883). "Resenha das Familias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal - Tomo I". p. 486-489.
  2. [2]
    "Mozambique". worldstatesmen.org.
  3. [3]
    "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. [4]
    "Angola". worldstatesmen.org.
  5. [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 Governor-general of Angola
1878-1880		 Succeeded by
António Eleutério Dantas
Preceded by
Governing Council
 Colonial governor of Portuguese India
1889-1891		 Succeeded by
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