Branco (Dr Fidelio de Freitas)
Original title: Branco (Dr. Fidelio de Freitas)
Fidelio de Freitas Branco (1861–1918), Funchal-born lawyer and landowner, was deputy for Madeira in four legislatures and a civil governor on the mainland.
He was born in Funchal on 16 June 1861, the son of Councillor (conselheiro, honorary title of the royal council) Silvano de Freitas Branco and Dona Maria Cândida de Sant'Ana Branco. He graduated in law at the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra) in 1884 and then practised as a lawyer in Lisbon for some time, but gave up this career to devote himself to agriculture and the management of his estate. He represented Madeira in parliament in the legislatures of 1887–1889, 1890–1892, 1894–1895 and 1895–1897. He was also deputy for a constituency on the mainland, and among the public-service posts he held was that of civil governor of one of the mainland districts. He died in Sintra on 29 October 1918.
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- Coimbra
Portugal. Where he studied law.
Portuguese mainland university city where many Madeirans studied law or medicine, and where Padre Luís Gonçalves da Câmara taught and was rector of the Jesuit college. It hosted the 1921 academic table-tennis championship, and its dormancy and rainfall data are compared with Funchal's.
- Funchal
His birthplace.
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. Where he practised law briefly.
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.
- Sintra
Portugal. Where he died.
Sintra is a mainland Portuguese town and municipality that has a locality called Funchal; the 1508 charter was issued there. Monte is nicknamed after it, and Dr. Fidélio de Freitas Branco died there.
People
People mentioned · 03- Fidelio de Freitas Branco1861–1918
Lawyer and deputy for Madeira (1887–1897), later a mainland civil governor.
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Mother of Fidelio de Freitas Branco.
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Father of Fidelio de Freitas Branco.