Martins (Dr Manuel Augusto)
Original title: Martins (Dr. Manuel Augusto)
Funchal lawyer (1867–1936) who was twice civil governor of Madeira (1910 and 1919), later deputy and senator, and chief editor of the newspaper O Povo.
He was born in this city on 1 March 1867, held a bachelor’s degree (bacharel, university graduate) in law from the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra) and was one of the longest-established lawyers in Funchal. By telegram of the Provisional Government of the Republic of 5 October 1910 he was appointed Civil Governor of Madeira, taking office the following day; the office was conferred on him by an employee of the secretariat of the Civil Government.
By decree of 17 February 1919 he was again appointed Civil Governor of this district, taking office on the 19th of the same month and year and leaving it the following May, having been elected deputy for Évora.
It was during his first term as Civil Governor of Funchal that the cholera epidemic broke out in this city, and Dr José Alfredo Mendes de Magalhães (see that entry) then came to Madeira as High Commissioner (alto comissário) and representative of the central government. In July 1921 he was elected senator for this archipelago. He contributed widely to the local press, notably the newspaper O Povo (‘The People’), of which he was chief editor for some years. He died in Funchal on 4 April 1936.
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Manuel Augusto Martins was born in Funchal.
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Dr Manuel Augusto Martins was appointed civil governor of Madeira by the Republican provisional government and took office on 6 October, when the republican flag was raised at São Lourenço.
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Dr Manuel Augusto Martins was again appointed civil governor of Funchal, taking office on 19 February and leaving in May on election as deputy.
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Dr Manuel Augusto Martins was elected senator for Madeira.
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Dr Manuel Augusto Martins died in Funchal.
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- Évora
Portugal. Constituency for which Martins was elected deputy in 1919.
Évora is a city in mainland Portugal with an archiepiscopal cathedral and a university, connected with several Madeiran clergy. It was the birthplace of Bishop D. Estevão Brioso and of D. Martinho de Portugal. The 4th Count of Vimioso died in a convent there.
- Funchal
Birthplace and place of death of Martins, where he practised law.
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.
- University of Coimbra
Portugal. University where Martins graduated in law.
The University of Coimbra, in mainland Portugal, was supported by Madeira through tithes and attended by many Madeirans. Several of them graduated there, mostly in law, and others, such as António da Gama and Vitúrio Lopes Rocha, also taught there. Júlio Augusto Henriques held its chair of botany.
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People mentioned · 02- Manuel Augusto Martins1867–1936
Funchal lawyer appointed civil governor of Madeira by the Republican provisional government in 1910 and again in 1919, later senator for the archipelago.
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High commissioner sent by the central government to Madeira during the cholera epidemic of Martins's first governorship.