Ávila e Bolama (Duke of)
Original title: Avila e Bolama (Duque de)
António José de Ávila, later Duke of Ávila e Bolama, a Portuguese statesman, was sent to Madeira in 1846 as royal commissioner with discretionary powers to investigate the unrest caused by Dr Robert Kalley's Protestant proselytism.
António José de Ávila, later Duke of Ávila e Bolama, a well-known Portuguese statesman, was appointed royal commissioner with discretionary powers by decree of 5 September 1846. He was to come to the island of Madeira to investigate the grave events that had taken place here because of the Protestant proselytism of Dr Roberto Kalley, and to take whatever measures the abnormal situation of the district might advise. António José de Ávila left Lisbon on 9 September, accompanied by José Silvestre Ribeiro, who had been appointed civil governor. On the 21st of the same month he suspended the acting civil governor and the municipal administrator (administrador do concelho, the government's representative) of Funchal, and took other administrative measures. He left for Lisbon on 10 October, José Silvestre having taken office on the 7th of that month.
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Time
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António José de Ávila was appointed by decree royal commissioner with discretionary powers for Madeira.
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Royal commissioner António José de Ávila left Lisbon with José Silvestre Ribeiro, the new civil governor, arriving in Madeira on 12 September.
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Ávila suspended the interim civil governor and the administrator of Funchal municipality.
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José Silvestre Ribeiro took office as civil governor of the Funchal district on 7 October 1846, serving until 1852 and reviving projects such as the Ribeiro Seco bridge.
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Ávila left Madeira for Lisbon.
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- Funchal
Municipality whose administrator Ávila suspended.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Lisbon
Portugal. City from which Ávila departed and to which he returned.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
People
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Portuguese statesman, later Duke of Ávila e Bolama, appointed royal commissioner in 1846 to investigate the disturbances over Protestant proselytism in Madeira.
- José Silvestre Ribeiro1807–1891
Appointed civil governor of Madeira in 1846, travelled with Ávila and took office on 7 October 1846.
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Protestant proselytiser whose activity in Madeira caused the grave events Ávila was sent to investigate.