Figueiroa de Albuquerque (Luís)
Original title: Figueiroa de Albuquerque (Luiz)
Luiz Figueiroa de Albuquerque (1828–1904) was a Funchal-born economist and public official. He presided over the Funchal municipal council and served briefly as acting civil governor.
He was born in this city on 4 February 1828 and died in Caniço (‘reed’) on 13 December 1904, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Luís Agostinho Figueiroa de Albuquerque and Dona Maria Vicência de Freitas Bettencourt. He was a man of uncommon learning, acquired chiefly during his long residence abroad, and especially in the French capital. He devoted himself above all to economic studies, publishing a volume on the subject and many articles scattered through the newspapers. He held the posts of president of the Municipal Council (Câmara Municipal) of Funchal, secretary-general of this district and of that of Ponta Delgada (‘slender point’), president of the Administrative Committee (Comissão Administrativa) of the Misericórdia of this city and member of the former District Council (Conselho de Distrito), and he also served for a time as acting civil governor of this archipelago. He contributed to the former newspaper O Povo and to other periodicals, and published separately the two volumes Tratado Elementar de Economia Politica, 171 pp., and Compêndio Elementar do Novo Systema Geral de Pesos e Medidas, 166 pp.
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Abroad
- Caniço
Santa Cruz. Where he died in 1904.
Caniço is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz, lying on the boundary between the captaincies of Funchal and Machico. Its early settlers included Gaspar Rego, Vasco Fernandes Rego and Álvaro de Ornelas, whose family founded morgados there; its alcaide and judge were appointed by the Funchal senate. The parish includes the Garajau statue, the Jesuits' Socorro residence and the Quinta do Barão da Conceição.
- France
He lived long abroad, especially in Paris.
France is a country where several Madeirans fought and died in the First World War, including Gabriel Rocha de Gouveia and João Paulo da Veiga Pestana. It was also a place of study, of exile and of refuge for Madeirans. It was the origin of the expedition behind the Saque dos Franceses and the intended destination of the fugitives in the Machim legend.
- Funchal
His birthplace and the seat of the offices he held.
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.
- Ponta Delgada
Portugal. Azorean district where he was secretary-general.
Ponta Delgada is an Azorean city, district and port, ranked second among the ports of the Adjacent Islands; its customs house once had Funchal as a delegation. It was the birthplace of Gaspar Frutuoso, holds the corrected copy of Saudades da Terra and Agrela's genealogy manuscript, and is linked to several figures who studied or held office there.
People
People mentioned · 03- Luiz Figueiroa de Albuquerque1828–1904
Funchal-born economist, council president, district secretary-general and acting civil governor; author of works on economics and on weights and measures.
- Luiz Figueiroa de Albuquerque1828–1904
Lieutenant-colonel and father of Luiz Figueiroa de Albuquerque.
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Mother of Luiz Figueiroa de Albuquerque.