Câmara Leme (Dom João Frederico da)
Original title: Câmara Leme (D. Joâo Frederico da)
Funchal-born army captain of an old noble family who served twice as civil governor of Madeira (1868 and 1870–76), his first term marked by the riots of March 1868.
He was born in this city and belonged to one of the oldest and noblest families of Madeira, being the son of Dom João Frederico da Câmara Leme and Dona Maria Carolina Correia Pinto.
He followed a military career and held the rank of captain in the now-disbanded 12th Caçadores (Portuguese light infantry) Battalion, quartered in this city, when he was appointed civil governor of this archipelago on 25 January 1868. He took office on 10 February of the same year.
It was on the following 8 March that the regrettable popular riots broke out on the beach and around the customs house of this city, aimed at violently preventing the landing of the parliamentary candidate Jacinto de Sant’Ana e Vasconcelos; we refer to them at greater length in a special article of this Elucidário.
He remained at the head of the district’s administration for only a few months, because when the ministry led by the Marquis of Loulé came to power, Câmara Leme was transferred to the civil government of Santarém, a post he did not accept.
By decree of 21 May 1870, Dom João Frederico da Câmara Leme was appointed civil governor of Madeira for the second time, taking office on the 27th of the same month and year. He left the administration of this district at the end of March 1876. He died in the city of Tomar on 6 February 1878. He was the brother of General Dom Luís da Câmara Leme and of Dom Jorge da Câmara Leme.
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Time
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João Frederico da Câmara Leme was appointed civil governor of Madeira and took office on 10 February.
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The Pedrada riot, stirred by the Popular party on the Funchal beach, prevented the candidate Jacinto de Sant'Ana e Vasconcelos from landing and cost several lives.
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D. João Frederico da Câmara Leme was appointed civil governor of Madeira for the second time on 21 May and took office on 27 May.
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D. João Frederico da Câmara Leme left the governorship of Madeira.
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D. João Frederico da Câmara Leme died at Tomar.
Place
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Abroad
- Funchal
Birthplace of the governor and scene of the 1868 riots.
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.
- Funchal customs house
Funchal. The 1868 riots took place on the beach near the customs house.
The Manueline customs house of Funchal, ordered to be built in 1508, with arcades and a courtyard chapel of Santo António built in 1714, now deconsecrated. It was directed by the provedor until 1775 and repaired after the 1748 earthquake. It was surrounded by mutinous troops in 1626 and stormed in 1641, the 1868 riot took place on the beach nearby, and it later housed the Civil Government offices and archive.
- Santarém
Portugal. He was transferred to its civil governorship but declined.
Santarém is a town in Portugal. It was the birthplace of Bishop D. Jerónimo Fernando, D. Fr. Gaspar do Casal and Bishop D. Fernando de Távora, and the home of Zargo's maternal grandfather. Maximiliano Eugénio de Azevedo served there as a second lieutenant, and D. João Frederico da Câmara Leme was transferred to its civil governorship but declined it.
- Tomar
Portugal. Place of his death in 1878.
A Portuguese town, seat of the Order of Christ, which held church jurisdiction over Madeira; D. Diogo Pinheiro was prior there, died and was buried there. It is a proposed birthplace of Zargo, whose family held property there. The Cortes met there in 1619, its watermill was the model for Madeira's first, and D. João Frederico da Câmara Leme died there in 1878.
People
People mentioned · 06- D. João Frederico da Câmara Leme1865–1878
Army captain and twice civil governor of Madeira (1868; 1870–76), subject of this entry.
- D. Jorge da Câmara Leme1807–1889
Liberal army officer and brother of the governor.
- D. Luís da Câmara Leme1817–1904
General and brother of the governor.
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Mother of the governor D. João Frederico da Câmara Leme.
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Parliamentary candidate whose landing at Funchal in March 1868 was violently opposed by rioters.
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Head of the ministry whose rise to power led to the governor's transfer to Santarém.