Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
Colonial governor of Mozambique
In office
24 April 1854 – 26 September 1857
Preceded byJoaquim Pinto de Magalhães
Succeeded byJoão Tavares de Almeida
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
22 December 1876 – 7 May 1878
Preceded byGuilherme Quintino Lopes de Macedo
Succeeded byAntónio de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio
Governor-general of Angola
In office
7 May 1878 – July 1880
Preceded byCaetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque
Succeeded byAntónio Eleutério Dantas
Colonial governor of Portuguese India
In office
16 June 1889 – 10 March 1891
Preceded byGoverning Council
Succeeded byFrancisco Maria da Cunha
Personal details
Born5 April 1822
Massarelos near Porto
Died1 January 1905
Amarante
NationalityPortuguese

Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (5 April 1822 – 1 January 1905) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was a younger brother of José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses who was governor of Mozambique and Cape Verde.

He was governor general of Mozambique from 24 April 1854 until 26 September 1857. He was governor general of Cape Verde from 22 December 1876 until 7 May 1878, when he became governor of Angola, an office he fulfilled until July 1880. He was governor of Portuguese India from 16 June 1889 until 10 March 1891.

He was Commander of the Order of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa.

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