Monteiro (Luís)
Luís Monteiro (born Funchal, 1773) was a Lisbon wholesale merchant who sat in the provisional government of 1820–21 and was elected deputy for Madeira under the Constitutional Charter, though he never took his seat.
He was born in Funchal on 25 August 1773, the son of Pedro Jorge Monteiro and Dona Maria Teresa de Gusmão, and the brother of the learned mineralogist Dr João António Monteiro (see that entry).
He was a wholesale merchant in Lisbon when, on 24 August 1821, the revolution broke out in Porto whose aim was to establish the representative system in the country; it found its echo in the capital on 15 September of the same year. Besides the Provisional Junta of Porto (Junta Provisional do Porto), a provisional government was formed in Lisbon. It was short-lived, and Luís Monteiro was a member of it as the representative of Lisbon’s leading merchants.
On the death of John VI, Dom Pedro was proclaimed King of Portugal and granted the Constitutional Charter (Carta Constitucional). Elections of deputies followed, and Madeira returned Dr Lourenço José Moniz, Manuel Caetano Pimenta de Aguiar, Father Caetano Alberto Soares and Luís Monteiro. The last of these asked to be excused from the office to which he had been elected; the Chamber did not accept his request, but Luís Monteiro never took his seat in the national assembly.
Luís Monteiro carried out several public service commissions, and in 1834 he was entrusted with a mission attached to our legation in London.
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Years mentioned · 03Place
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Abroad
- Funchal
Birthplace of Luís Monteiro.
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. City where Monteiro traded and joined the provisional government.
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.
- London
United Kingdom. Seat of the Portuguese legation to which Monteiro was sent on a mission in 1834.
The British capital, the place of publication of many English works on Madeira, including those of the du Canes, Embleton and Bloxam. Mason compared its humidity with Funchal's, and artillery for the Fortress of São Tiago came from there. It hosted the 1909 applied chemistry congress.
- Porto
Portugal. City where the liberal revolution broke out.
A Portuguese city, where the 1820 liberal revolution began and whose district is the only one denser than Funchal's. Several Madeirans studied at its medical school or Academia Politécnica, and some lived or died there. The editor of O Funchalense Liberal was hanged there, and Marítimo beat FC Porto there in 1922.
People
People mentioned · 09- Luís Monteirob. 1773
Funchal-born Lisbon wholesale merchant, member of the short-lived Lisbon provisional government and deputy-elect for Madeira who never took his seat.
- Caetano Alberto Soares1790–1867
Priest elected deputy for Madeira under the Constitutional Charter alongside Luís Monteiro.
- João António Monteiro1769–1834
Learned mineralogist and brother of Luís Monteiro, with his own entry in the Elucidário.
- John VId. 1826
King of Portugal whose death led to the proclamation of D. Pedro and the granting of the Constitutional Charter.
- Lourenço José Moniz1789–1857
Elected deputy for Madeira under the Constitutional Charter alongside Luís Monteiro.
- Manuel Caetano Pimenta de Aguiar1765–1832
Elected deputy for Madeira under the Constitutional Charter alongside Luís Monteiro.
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Mother of Luís Monteiro.
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Proclaimed king of Portugal after João VI's death; granted the Constitutional Charter.
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Father of Luís Monteiro.