Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto

Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto (born late 18th century - died 1868) served as a staff officer (Captain later Lieutenant-General) during Liberal Wars in the Duke of Terceira's army which landed in the Algarve and marched north to Lisbon in 1833.[1] Later he was appointed to be a Portuguese colonial administrator who held the position of Governor of Macau between 1837 and 1843. During Opium Wars fearing Chinese reprisals he requested British community to leave Macau, British sailed off to Hong Kong on August 1839.[2][3] Later he was Governor-General of Province of Angola between 1848 and 1851.[1]

Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto
Governor of Macau
In office 22 February 1837 – 3 October 1843
Preceded by	Bernardo José de Sousa Soares Andrea
Succeeded by	José Gregório Pegado
Governor of Angola
In office 1848–1851
Preceded by	Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha
Succeeded by	António Sérgio de Sousa
Personal details
Died	1868
Nationality	Portuguese
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	邊度
Simplified Chinese	边度
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Biān Dù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping bin1 dou6

See also

• List of colonial governors of Angola
• History of Angola

References

1. Ron B. Thomson (11 September 2014). The Concession of Évora Monte: The Failure of Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Portugal. Lexington Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7391-9332-7.
2. Philippe Pons (2002). Macao. Reaktion Books. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-1-86189-136-5.
3. Geoffrey C. Gunn (1996). Encountering Macau: A Portuguese City-State on the Periphery of China, 1557-1999. Westview Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8133-8970-7.