Moniz (Francisco João)
Francisco João Moniz, a member of the Moniz family, was elected to represent Madeira in the Constituent Cortes of 1821–1822. He later fled Miguelist persecution to Brazil, where he served as Portuguese vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro.
He belonged to the Moniz family, which gave so many distinguished men to Madeira. In the first elections held in this archipelago for the Constituent Cortes (Portuguese parliament), which sat from 1821 to 1822 after the representative system was established, Francisco João Moniz was chosen to represent this island in the Cortes, and he championed with dedication the questions of most direct concern to Madeira.
He was a clerk and later accountant of the Royal Treasury Board (Junta da Real Fazenda), and in 1828 he sailed for Brazil to escape Miguelist persecution.
He held the post of Portuguese vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro and was one of the benefactors of the Beneficência Portuguesa of that city.
He was the father of the illustrious Madeiran Patrício Moniz (see that entry) and died, according to what we heard from a member of his family, around 1848.
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Time
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The Portuguese Constituent Cortes sat in Lisbon, with Francisco João Moniz, João José de Freitas Aragão and others as deputies for Madeira.
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Fleeing Miguelist persecution, liberals such as the Moniz family, Caetano Alberto Soares and António Gil Gomes left for Brazil, while Bettencourt went to England.
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Francisco João Moniz died around this year, according to a family member.
Place
Places mentioned · 02
- Brazil
Country to which Moniz emigrated in 1828 to escape Miguelist persecution.
Brazil is recorded in the Elucidário as a chief destination of Madeiran emigrants, including several clergy and writers. It was also a market for Madeira wine and brandy and a maker of wickerwork from Madeiran osiers. It was linked to Madeira by the 1874 telegraph cable and is the native country of the araçá.
- Rio de Janeiro
Brazil. City where Moniz served as Portuguese vice-consul and supported the Beneficência Portuguesa.
Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, appears in the Elucidário as the seat of the Portuguese court and as a city where many Madeirans lived, studied, taught, published and died. Among them were Paulo Perestrelo da Câmara, João de Oliveira Sá Camelo Lampreia and João da Silveira Caldeira, who headed the Mint there.
People
People mentioned · 02- Francisco João Monizd. c. 1848
Madeiran deputy to the Constituent Cortes of 1821–22, Treasury official and later Portuguese vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro; he died around 1848.
- Patrício Moniz1820–1898
Distinguished Madeiran and son of Francisco João Moniz, with his own entry in the Elucidário.