Vieira de Castro (Dr José Cardoso)
Original title: Vieira de Castro (Dr. José Cardoso)
Portuguese parliamentarian convicted after a tragedy, who passed through Funchal in 1871 on his way to exile in Luanda; uncle of Henrique Vieira de Castro.
In sketching a brief biography of our illustrious fellow countryman Jaime Moniz, we referred to the supremely eloquent speech he delivered at the trial of Dr José Cardoso Vieira de Castro (volume II, page 382), after the lamentable tragedy that deprived the country of the services of this astonishing talent and distinguished parliamentarian. Dr Vieira de Castro passed through our port aboard the steamer D. Antónia in the first days of September 1871, bound for Luanda to serve the sentence passed by the court that had condemned him. Several people from this city went on board to pay their respects. The Madeiran journalist João Augusto de Ornelas (volume III, page 21) published a pamphlet entitled A Coroa de Ouro, o que foi e o que é José Cardoso Vieira de Castro, which we have never managed to see.
Dr José Cardoso Vieira de Castro was the uncle of Henrique Vieira de Castro, whom we discuss in this Elucidário.
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Time
Years mentioned · 01Place
Places mentioned · 01
- Luanda
Angola. Destination of his exile sentence.
A city in Angola, recorded as a place of exile and as the proposed site of acclimatisation gardens by Welwitsch. Arsenio do Carpo became a wealthy merchant there, and Vitorino José dos Santos directed its municipal public works.
People
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Celebrated Portuguese parliamentarian who called at Funchal in 1871 en route to serve his sentence in Luanda.
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Funchal banker, nephew of José Cardoso Vieira de Castro.
- Jaime Moniz1837–1917
Madeiran who gave an eloquent speech at Vieira de Castro's trial.
- João Augusto de Ornelas1833–1886
Madeiran journalist who wrote the pamphlet A Coroa de Ouro about Vieira de Castro.