His Excellency The Count of Sobral ComC |
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Secretary of State of the Treasury | |
In office 1 August 1826 – 8 June 1827 |
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Monarch | Isabel Maria, Regent |
Preceded by | The Count of Murça |
Succeeded by | The Count of Lousã |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 28 May 1823 – 30 May 1823 |
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Monarch | John VI |
Preceded by | Silvestre Pinheiro Ferreira |
Succeeded by | Francisco de Oliveira |
Personal details | |
Born | September 16, 1775 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | February 2, 1846 Lisbon, Portugal |
(aged 70)
Hermano José Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo-Branco, 5th Lord, 2nd Baron, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Sobral, 5th Lord of the Majorat of Sobral, 3rd Lord of the Majorat of Luz, ComC (16 September 1775 – 2 February 1846), Chief of the Name and Arms of da Cruz Sobral, was a Portuguese nobleman and politician.
He was the first of six children and son of Geraldo Venceslau Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo-Branco, 4th Lord jure uxoris and 1st Baron of Sobral, 2nd Lord and of the Majorat of a Luz (28 September 1752 - 6 July 1828), of the Counsel of Queen Maria I and King Peter III, Deputy of the Board of Commerce (Junta do Comércio), Commander of the Order of Christ and 1st Baron of Sobral by Decree of 14 May 1813 of Prince Regent John, who succeeded his mother in the Majorat of Luz, and wife, married on 20 February 1773, Joana Maria da Cruz Sobral, 4th Lady of the Village of Sobral de Monte Agraço, 4th Lady and Administrator of the Majorat of Sobral and Chief of the Name and Arms of da Cruz Sobral (born or bap. 9 June 1760 - 21 October 1812), of Italian maternal descent, who succeeded her brother Sebastião António da Cruz Sobral, 3rd Lord of Sobral and 3rd Lord of the Majorat of Sobral, Chief of the Name and Arms of da Cruz Sobral, Alcaide-Major of Freixo de Numão, Nobleman of the Royal Household, of the Counsel of Queen Maria I, Commander of the Order of Christ, Alderman of the Senate of the Chamber of Lisbon, Counselor of the Royal Treasury, Fiscal of Public Works (born 22 September 1757 or bap. 23 December 1758 and brother of Leonor Clara da Cruz Sobral, born 6 August 1781).