Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho

Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho (31 March 1836 – 3 February 1905)[1] was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a general of the Portuguese Army. He was governor of Portuguese Timor from 1880 to 1881,[2] governor-general of Portuguese India from 16 December 1886 until 27 April 1889[3] and governor of Cape Verde from 12 June 1889 until 4 February 1890.[4]

Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho
Colonial governor of Portuguese Timor
In office
1880–1881
Preceded byHugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco
Succeeded byBento da França Pinto de Oliveira
Colonial governor of Portuguese India
In office
16 December 1886  27 April 1889
Preceded byFrancisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
Succeeded byVasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
12 June 1889  4 February 1890
Preceded byJoão Cesário de Lacerda
Succeeded byJosé Guedes Brandão de Melo
Personal details
Born31 March 1836
Lisbon, Portugal
Died3 February 1905
Lisbon
NationalityPortuguese

During his tenure as governor of Timor, in early 1881, the Timorese Kingdom of Cová submitted to Portuguese authority.[5] During his administration in Portuguese India, the harbour of Mormugao and the railway line from there to the then-border with British India were opened.[6]

See also

References

  1. geneall.net
  2. "Portuguese Timor". rulers.org.
  3. "Portuguese India". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  5. "History of East Timor" (PDF). Technical University of Lisbon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2016-11-16. (pdf), p. 87
  6. Danvers, Frederick C. (1992) [1894]. The Portuguese in India. II. 2nd AES reprint. p. 479.
Preceded by
Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco
Governor of Portuguese Timor
1880-1881
Succeeded by
Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira
Preceded by
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
Colonial governor of Portuguese India
1888-89
Succeeded by
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
Preceded by
João Cesário de Lacerda
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
1889-90
Succeeded by
José Guedes Brandão de Melo

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