Article Nº 0379 Military or naval figure Vol. I · p. 218
Azevedo Lemos (José António de)
Original title: Azevedo Lemos (José Antonio de)
José António de Azevedo Lemos was the colonel commanding the 1828 military expedition to Madeira, who quarrelled violently with Governor José Maria Monteiro.
Colonel commanding the military expedition that came to Madeira in 1828. He had serious disagreements with the governor and captain-general, the notorious José Maria Monteiro, going so far as to try to assault him inside the Fort of São Lourenço (St Lawrence) and to denounce him to the Miguelite (supporter of the absolutist King Miguel) government as a man who listened only to ‘a vile circle of individuals abominable for their vices and bad habits’.
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