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 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

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

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.