António Maria Barreiros Arrobas

António Maria Barreiros Arrobas
António Maria Barreiros Arrobas, in a 1888 engraving

Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office 3 Dec 1854 – 28 Mar 1858
Preceded by	Fortunato José Barreiros
Succeeded by	Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses

Personal details
Born	18 July 1824 Lisbon
Died	18 July 1888 Lisbon
Nationality	Portuguese

António Maria Barreiros Arrobas ComA (18 July 1824 – 18 July 1888) was a Portuguese colonial administrator.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Barreiros Arrobas was the son of Joaquim Paulo Xavier de Mira de Magalhães Corvo Carneiro Arrobas and Dona Maria José Barreiros, he was baptized in the parish (now neighborhood) of São Sebastião de Pedreira by António Guedes de Vilhegas de Quinhones de Mattos Cabral and Nossa Senhora da Conceição Roxa.

Military career

He volunteered on 2 May 1840 with the Second Cavalry Regiment and passed the ensign of the Grenadiers of Mary II on 16 February 1844. In 1846, came the orders of tennant of the Count of Bonfim, Commander of the Division. He became tennant on 26 June 1848, captain on 29 April 1851, major on 11 April 1854. and later he was colonel for some time.

Governor-General of Cape Verde

He was member of the Overseas Consultive Board and from 3 December 1845 to 1857, he was governor general of the Colonial Province of Cape Verde, he succeeded Colonel Fortunato José Barreiros. He established education and created several schools there.

During his rule, he was overwhelmed on the epidemic and cholera that affected some islands and hunger, which took sanitary policies. In Praia (then Porto Praya), the Civil and Military Hospital was built. Cattle and pigs were banned in the streets, in Lazareto on nearby Ilhéu de Santa Maria (then also known as Quail Island), individuals who had cholera from the island of Fogo were intermitted there. It was built within 30 hours with six spacious houses, well covered.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Civil career

Barreiros Arrobas returned to Lisbon and functioned the direction in banks and companies. He was member of the General Council of Alfândegas and much later president of the general board of the district of Lisbon, where he was knighted in the Military Order of Aviz for his work. During the start of the civil war, the time when the government of Cabral and the Duke of Saldanha in the battle in Torres Vedras which made a large valor.

In politics

He started receiving for normalizing the political instability in Portugal, he was a candidate for deputy for the 80th circle in the elections of 18 September 1870 where he raced against Agarão Mascarenhas and Dr. Jacinto Nunes, a Renewal Party candidate. He had won with the support of the rich in the 740th circle with 1,775 votes over 908 of the opponent. In 1871, the Deputy Chamber was dissolved, he later received 2,202 votes.

In that time, he took various actions in 1875 and presented to the deputy council for representing in the city council. In 1878, he made for the new circle in Setúbal, in opposition, he got 2,093 votes. He was elected for Setúbal on 4 August 1870 as attorney general for the district board. Later, he became member of the Renewal Party. He remained as councillor, a peer and deputy of the courts in different legislations, he was once civil governor of the District of Lisbon.

Later life

He retired from politics. He died in Lisbon in his house on 5 Rua de Tesouro Velho (then as Thezouro Velho).

Notes

1 2 "Cape Verde". rulers.org.
1 2 "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
↑ Nobre de Oliveira, 2006

Preceded by Fortunato José Barreiros	Colonial governor of Cape Verde 1854-1858	Succeeded by Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses

Governors of Cape Verde
Corregedors (Magistrates) (1481-1588)	Pero Lourenço Pero de Guimarães João Alemão Leonis Correia Gaspar Correia Estêvão de Lagos André Feio Simão Afonso Pero Moniz António Ferreira Pero de Araújo Jorge Pimentel Manuel de Andrade Luís Martins Evangelho Gregorio Martins Caminha Bernardo de Alpoim António Velho Tinoco Cristóvão Soares de Melo Diogo Dias Magro Gaspar de Andrade Amador Gomes Raposo
Governors (1588-1974)	Duarte Lobo da Gama Brás Soares de Melo Francisco Lobo da Gama Fernão de Mesquita de Brito Francisco Correia da Silva Francisco Martins de Sequeira Nicolau de Castilho Francisco de Moura Francisco de Moura Rolim Manuel Afonso da Guerra Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha João Pereira Corte-Real Cristóvão Cabral Jorge de Castilho Jerónimo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque João Serrão da Cunha Lourenço Garro Jorge de Araújo Roque de Barros do Rego Gonçalo de Gamboa de Ayala Pedro Semedo Cardoso Jorge de Mesquita Castelo-Branco Pedro Ferreira Barreto Francisco de Figueroa António Galvão Manuel da Costa Pessoa Manuel Pacheco de Melo João Cardoso Pássaro Manuel da Costa Pessoa Inácio da Franca Barbosa Veríssimo de Carvalho da Costa Vitoriano da Costa Diogo Ramires Esquível Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara António Gomes de Mena António Salgado Jorge Cotrim de Melo Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca José Pinheiro da Câmara Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá Baltasar de Sousa Coutinho António Vieira Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega e Vasconcelos Francisco de Oliveira Grans Bento Gomes Coelho José da Fonseca Barbosa João Zuzarte de Santa Maria António José de Eça e Faria Luís António da Cunha de Eça Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses Marcelino Pereira de Ávila António de Barros Bezerra Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques Joaquim Salema de Saldanha Lobo António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro e Almeida Francisco de São Simão António Machado de Faria e Maia Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro José da Silva Maldonado de Eça Marcelino António Bastos D. António Coutinho de Lencastre António Pusich João da Mata Chapuzet Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos D. Duarte da Costa de Sousa de Macedo José Coutinho de Lencastre Manuel António Martins Joaquim Pereira Marinho Domingos Correia Arouca Joaquim Pereira Marinho João de Fontes Pereira de Melo Francisco de Paula Bastos José Miguel de Noronha João de Fontes Pereira de Melo Fortunato José Barreiros António Maria Barreiros Arrobas Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses Januário Correia de Almeida Carlos Joaquim Franco José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque G. C. Lopes de Macedo Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio João Paes de Vasconcellos João Cesário de Lacerda Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho José Guedes Brandão de Melo Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes José Guedes Brandão de Melo Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto João Cesário de Lacerda Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo Francisco de Paula Cid António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas Amâncio de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral D. Bernardo António da Costa de Sousa de Macedo Martinho Pinto de Queiros Montenegro António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão Artur Marinha de Campos Joaquím Pedro Vieira Júdice Bicker Abel Fontoura da Costa Teófilo Duarte Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães Filipe Carlos Días de Carvalho Julio Henríques d'Abreu João de Almeida António Álvares Guedes Vaz Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo José Diogo Ferreira Martins João de Figueiredo Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral António Augusto Peixoto Correia Silvino Silvério Marques Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro Sérgio Fonseca Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça
High commissioner (1974-1975)	Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça

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