Meneses (Pedro Fagundes Bacelar de Antas e)
Governor and captain-general of Madeira from 1807 to 1813, whose term saw the second British occupation of the island.
This Governor and Captain-General (capitão-general, military governor of Madeira) of Madeira was appointed to the post on 4 March 1807 and took office on 5 August of the same year.
Five months after his arrival in Funchal, the island was occupied for the second time by British troops, who arrived at the end of December 1807 and did not leave Madeira until October 1814 (see Occupation of Madeira by British troops).
In May 1813 Pedro Fagundes was struck by paralysis, which left him unable to remain at the head of the government. He withdrew to the mainland of the Kingdom (reino, i.e. mainland Portugal) and died in Lisbon on 1 November 1813. He was still in Funchal when his successor, Luís Beltrão de Gouveia, arrived on 7 August of that year.
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Pedro Fagundes Bacelar de Antas e Meneses was appointed governor and captain-general of Madeira.
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Pedro Fagundes Bacelar de Antas e Meneses took office as governor of Madeira, succeeding Ascenso de Sequeira Freire.
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On 24 December 1807 Admiral Samuel Hood's squadron anchored at Funchal with troops under General Beresford, beginning the second British occupation of Madeira, which lasted until October 1814; Henrique Veitch was appointed British consul during it.
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Governor Pedro Fagundes Bacelar de Antas e Meneses was struck by paralysis.
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The new governor Luís Beltrão de Gouveia e Almeida arrived in Funchal on 7 August 1813 and took office on 10 August.
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Former governor Pedro Fagundes Bacelar de Antas e Meneses died in Lisbon.
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Abroad
- Funchal
Seat of government.
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. Where he died.
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.
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Governor and captain-general of Madeira 1807–13, in office during the British occupation; retired after paralysis.
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Successor as governor, arriving in Funchal on 7 August 1813.