Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
| Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses | |
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| Colonial governor of Mozambique | |
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In office 1854–1857 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães |
| Succeeded by | João Tavares de Almeida |
| Colonial governor of Cape Verde | |
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In office 1878–1878 |
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| Preceded by | G.C. Lopes de Macedo |
| Succeeded by | António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio |
| Governor-general of Angola | |
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In office 1878–1880 |
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| Preceded by | Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque |
| Succeeded by | António Eleutério Dantas |
| Colonial governor of Portuguese India | |
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In office 1878–1882 |
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| Preceded by | 26th Council of the Government of the State of India |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Maria da Cunha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1824 Massarelos near Porto |
| Died | 1 January 1905 Amarante |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses. (5 August 1824 – 1 January 1905) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military personnel.
He was the son of Francisco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses da Costa, 1st Viscount of Costa with Ana José de Portugal e Meneses and brother of José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, governor of Cape Verde and Mozambique
He was nominated governor of Mozambique in 1853 and functioned for three years from 1854 to 1857. During his role as a governor, he made great fortune in the slave trade and was later dismissed by King Peter V. He pacified the Quelimane region.
He was nominated governor of Cape Verde in 1878 and later governor-general of Angola in the same year and remained until 1880.
In 1889, he was 103rd governor of Portuguese India and remained until 1891.
He was Commander of the Order of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa.
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