Simões Soares (Daniel Telo)
Army general born in Porto Santo (1864) who served in Cape Verde and Guinea and was three times civil governor of Funchal and senator for Madeira.
He is the son of the late lyceum (state secondary school) teacher Daniel Simões Soares and was born on the island of Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’) on 23 May 1864. In 1875 he enrolled at the Military College (Colégio Militar), moving from there to the Funchal lyceum, where he completed his preparatory studies for the Army School (Escola do Exército). Posted overseas as a second lieutenant in 1885, he served in the province of Cape Verde, where, among other assignments, he held the Military Command (Comando Militar) on the island of Santo Antão. He was in Guinea in 1891, where he took part in the military operations against the Papel people. After retiring with the rank of general, he was president of the Municipal Council (Câmara Municipal) of the municipality (concelho) of Santa Catarina, on the island of Santiago, municipal administrator (administrador do concelho, the government's representative), etc. He has lived in Funchal for some years, where he held the post of civil governor three times, taking office on 28 September 1917, 21 June 1919 and 17 November 1923. He was also municipal administrator of Funchal, police commissioner, a member of the now defunct Agricultural Council (Junta Agrícola) and senator for Madeira, having been elected on 13 June 1915. He is a member of the present District General Council (Junta Geral do Distrito) of Funchal and has already been president of this administrative body (1921).
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Daniel Telo Simões Soares was born on Porto Santo.
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Daniel Telo Simões Soares was commissioned ensign for overseas service.
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Daniel Telo Simões Soares took part in military operations in Guinea.
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A general election of deputies and senators was held for Madeira; Carlos Olavo was re-elected deputy and Vasco Gonçalves Marques and Daniel Simões Soares were elected senators.
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Daniel Telo Simões Soares took office as civil governor of Funchal for the first time.
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Daniel Telo Simões Soares took office as civil governor of Funchal for the second time.
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Daniel Telo Simões Soares took office as civil governor of Funchal for the third time.
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Abroad
- Cape Verde
Colony where he served.
Cape Verde is an archipelago and Portuguese colony that served as a place of exile and deportation for Madeirans, including liberals in the 1820s, protesters against the dairy decrees and the 1936 rioters. Lowe visited it in 1864 and 1866. It shares one flowering-plant species with Madeira.
- Funchal
Where he studied, lived and governed.
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.
- Guinea
Where he fought in 1891.
Guiné is an African coast recorded as the destination the discoverers of the archipelago were seeking when they were blown off course. The Elucidário also notes that Prince Henry ceded its temporal rule to the Crown, and that Daniel Telo Simões Soares fought there in 1891.
- Porto Santo
His birthplace.
An island of the archipelago, settled alongside Madeira and forming one of the three captaincies. It has always constituted a single parish, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Piedade, whose church was repeatedly sacked. The Elucidário records the Moorish pirate raid of 1617, its own Misericórdia and a rainwater channel built on this drought-prone island.
- Santa Catarina
Cape Verde. Cape Verde municipality whose council he presided.
Cape Verde municipality whose council he presided.
- Santo Antão
Cape Verde. Cape Verde island where he held military command.
Santo Antão is a Cape Verde island where Daniel Telo Simões Soares held a military command. The Elucidário notes that it also has a locality called Ponta do Sol.
People
People mentioned · 01- Daniel Telo Simões Soaresb. 1864
General and three-time civil governor of Funchal, senator for Madeira; subject of this entry.