Castelo Branco (Pedro de)
Pedro de Castelo Branco, Baron of São Pedro (1837–1911), Funchal-born physician turned diplomat, minister plenipotentiary in Constantinople.
Pedro de Castelo Branco, Baron of São Pedro, was born in Funchal on 19 April 1837, the son of Rear-Admiral Joaquim Pedro de Castelo Branco. He was a doctor of medicine of the University of Paris and for some years was a senior official of the postal service. He then moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and entered the diplomatic service. He served as secretary of legation in various European capitals and as chargé d’affaires in Berlin and The Hague, and in 1891 he was appointed minister plenipotentiary in Constantinople. He later served as head of the private office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and died in Lisbon on 14 December 1911.
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Abroad
- Berlin
Germany. He served as chargé d'affaires there.
The German capital, where several works on Madeira were published, including Krohn's 1906 guide, Langerhans's Handbuch für Madeira and Albers's Malacographia maderensis. Leopoldo von Buch died there, and Portuguese diplomats including Pedro de Castelo Branco and Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos served there.
- Constantinople
Turkey. He was minister plenipotentiary there from 1891.
He was minister plenipotentiary there from 1891.
- 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. Place of death.
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.
- Paris
France. Where he obtained his medical doctorate.
The French capital, where Franco de Sousa settled and painted 'Ar livre', and where Juvenal Honório de Ornelas took his medical doctorate in 1834. Padre Luiz Gonçalves da Câmara studied there and met Loyola, and the Barão de Ornelas graduated, practised and died there.
- The Hague
Netherlands. He served as chargé d'affaires there.
The Hague, where Pedro de Castelo Branco served as chargé d'affaires and the Conde da Barca as Portuguese minister. Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos represented Portugal at the peace conference there, and it was the proposed seat of arbitration in the Madeira sanatoria affair.
People
People mentioned · 02- Pedro de Castelo Branco1837–1911
Paris-trained doctor who became a Portuguese diplomat and minister plenipotentiary in Constantinople in 1891.
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Rear admiral and father of Pedro de Castelo Branco.