MADEIRA
See also ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN MADEIRA 1871 - 1945
PORTUGUESE TERRITORY OF MADEIRA
Madeira (with the dependent minor islands of Porto Santo, Selvagens and Desertas) was colonized by the Portuguese in 1418. Like the Azores it first was a private possession, royal government being however already imposed in 1581. It kept its separate administration until 1834, when it was integrated into the kingdom and organized as a Portuguese district - which in 1901 obtained a certain degree of administrative - but not political - autonomy. In 1931 the island became the center of one of the major military revolts against the military regime established in Portugal in 1926. The revolt was supported by exiled opponents, such as the Liga de Defesa da República in Paris and also included the Açores and Portuguese Guinea. For nearly a month (apr - may) the rebels acted as a de facto independent government, sometimes styled República da Atlântida (Atlantic Republic) by some of its supporters. (1) (1) Revolutionary Junta Junta Revoluçionario 1931 -Gen. Gastão de Sousa Dias (Chairman) -Col. Fernando Freiria -Col. José Mendes dos Reis -Lt. Manuel Ferreira Camões. -... (?) __________________________________________________________________________________CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Civil Governors Governadores Civis 1846 - 1852 José Silvestre Ribeiro 1807 - 1852 - 1854 José Maria de Abreu Castelo Branco Cardoso e Melo, visconde de Fornos de Algodres 1789 - 1878 1854 - 1856 José Gerardo Ferreira Passos 1801 - 1870 1856 - 1858 António Rogério Gromicho Couceiro 1807 - 1862 1858 - 1860 José Maria Baldy 1800 - 1870 1860 - 1862 Joaquim Pedro Quintela, conde de Farrobo 1823 - 1882 1862 - 1863 Januário Correia de Almeida 1863 - 1868 Jacinto António Perdigão 1868 João Frederico da Câmara Leme 1... - 1878 1868 - 1869 ..., marquês de Sesimbra 1869 - 1870 António J. de Santa Maria, visconde de Andaluz 1870 Afonso de Castro 1870 - 1876 João Frederico da Câmara Leme (2x) 1876 - 1877 Francisco de Albuquerque Mesquita e Castro 1877 - 1881 Afonso de Castro (2x) 1881 - 1884 António de Gouveia Osorio, visconde de Vila Mendo 1884 Tomaz Nunes de Serra e Moura 1... - 1917 1884 Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses 1884 - 1885 João da Camara Leme Homem de Vasconcelos, visconde de Canavial 1829 - 1902 1885 - 1890 João de Alarcão Valasques Sarmento Osorio 18.. - 1918 1890 José de Azevedo Castelo Branco 1852 - 1890 - 1892 Manuel Saldanha da Gama 1892 - 1893 Luiz do Canto de Castro Merens de Tavora 1893 - 1894 Manuel Saldanha da Gama (2x) 1894 - 1896 António Augusto de Sousa e Silva 1896 - 1897 José Ribeiro da Cunha 18.. - 1915 1897 - 1899 José Antonio de Almada 1843 - 1905 1899 - 1900 Agostinho de Sousa Coutinho, marquês do Funchal 1900 - 1901 Tomás de Almeida Manuel de Vilhena 1901 Bernardo da Costa de Sousa Macedo 1901 - 1904 José Ribeiro da Cunha (2x) 1904 - 1906 Agostinho de Sousa Coutinho, marquês do Funchal (2x) 1906 João de Soares Branco 1906 José Ribeiro da Cunha (3x) 1906 - 1907 Bernardo da Costa de Sousa Macedo (2x) 1907 - 1908 Boaventura Mendes de Almeida 1908 - 1910 João de Paiva de Faria Leite Brandão 1910 Afonso de Melo Pinto Veloso 1910 José Ribeiro da Cunha (4x) 1910 - 1912 Manuel Augusto Martins 1867 - 1936 1912 - 1913 João Maria de Santiago Prezado 1913 - 1914 Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso 1864 - 1950 1914 Vasco Borges 1914 Sebastião de Heredia 1914 - 1915 Col. José Vicente de Freitas 1869 - 1952 1915 - 1917 Sebastião de Heredia (2x) 1917 José de Sousa Rosa 1917 - 1918 Daniel Telo Simões Soares 1864 - 1918 Carlos José Baeta Pinto Feio 1918 - 1919 Americo Ciriaco Correia da Silva 1919 Manuel Augusto Martins (2x) 1919 - 1920 Daniel Telo Simões Soares (2x) 1920 Vasco Crispiniano da Silva 1920 António da Cruz Rodrigues dos Santos 1877 - 1920 - 1921 João Miguel Rodrigues da Silva 1921 António Augusto da Silva Pereira 1921 Aires de Mesquita Espranger 1921 - 1922 Acacio Augusto Correia Pinto 1922 Alvaro Nobre da Veiga 1922 Col. Eduardo Rocha Sarsfield 1922 - 1923 João Augusto de Freitas 1923 - 1924 Daniel Telo Simões Soares (3x) 1924 Julio Ferreira Cabral 1924 José Varela 1874 - 1924 - 1925 António C. Rodrigues Leitão 1925 - 1926 João Guilherme Meneses Ferreira 1926 Manuel dos Santos Mendonça 1926 - 1927 Francisco Martins Luzignan de Azevedo 1927 - 1928 Ernesto Florencio Cunha 1928 - 1931 José Maria de Freitas 1931 - 1934 Artur Almeida Cabaço (2) 1934 António Caldeira Coelho 1934 - 1938 Augusto Goulart de Medeiros 1938 - 1941 José Nosolini Pinto Osorio da Silva Leão 1941 - 19.. Gustavo Teixeira Dias (2) Following social agitation in feb. 1931 a High Commissioner (... Silva Leal) had been appointed to the island. Both he and civil governor Cabaço were arrested following the revolt of apr. and a new civil governor, Manuel Gregório Pestana Júnior, appointed by the rebel junta, toke charge of the island administration for the duration of the revolt.
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