Article Nº 0590 Donatary, governor or ruler Vol. I · pp. 327–328
Branco (João Soares)
João Soares Branco was civil governor of Madeira from January 1906, later deputy for Madeira (1908–1910), minister and professor at the Army School; he wrote a pamphlet on the 'Hinton question' and died in Lisbon in 1927.
The decree appointing him civil governor of Madeira dates from January 1906, and he took office on the 30th of that month and year.
He was deputy for Madeira in the legislative session of 1908–1910.
In 1915 he published in Lisbon a pamphlet of 103 pages entitled A Nova Questão Hinton, containing a collection of articles published in the newspaper O Paiz. He was a minister and a professor at the Army School (Escola do Exército). He died in Lisbon on 4 February 1927.
People mentioned
- João Soares Branco d. 1927
Places mentioned