Article Nº 2239 Politician Vol. II · p. 623
Malheiro de Melo (Patrício)
Funchal liberal (1791–1842) active in the 1821 constitutional movement, member of the first constitutional council and Prussian consul, who fled the 1828 alçada.
He was born in Funchal on 17 March 1791 and died in the parish (freguesia) of Caniço (‘reed’) on 18 May 1842. He took an active part in the movement of 28 January 1821, which led to the proclamation of the Constitution in Madeira, and he was a member of the first Constitutional Council of Funchal and consul of Prussia. Indicted by the special judicial commission (alçada) that came to Madeira in 1828, he escaped arrest by going abroad, and returned only after constitutional government had been restored in the country.
People mentioned
- Patrício Malheiro de Melo 1791–1842
Chronology
- Patrício Malheiro de Melo was born in Funchal.
- Madeira adhered to the liberal revolution and the constitutional regime was solemnly proclaimed in Funchal, the square being renamed Praça da Constituição.
- D. Miguel's judicial commission (alçada) came to Madeira, indicting 216 liberals and freemasons and imprisoning 101; some, like Nery and Agrela, were sent to Lisbon, while others fled or hid.
- Patrício Malheiro de Melo died in Caniço.