Agostinho António de Ornelas e Vasconcelos
1718–1774
politician · peer of the realm · landowner · genealogist · diplomat
Madeiran member of the Chamber of Peers and deputy for Ponta do Sol (1868–1874), administrator of the Vale da Bica entail who restored the Jangão chapel in 1879, and father of Aires de Ornelas. He spoke in favour of monetary unification and researched the Teive family.
1Mentioned in
- Representation in the Cortes — Deputy for Ponta do Sol from 1868 to 1874.
- Our Lady of Consolation (chapels) — Ninth lord of the Ornelas entail, exiled to the Caniço manor in 1774, where he died and was buried in the chapel.
- Rodrigues (Adolfo de Sousa) — Distinguished Madeiran whose portrait Rodrigues painted.
- Political Parties — Former Regenerator in the Popular party.
- Teive (family) — Madeiran who researched the Teive family and placed Baltazar's birth at Ribeira Brava.
- Ornelas e Vasconcelos (Dom Aires de) — Brother of the archbishop, in whose Lisbon house he died.
- Peers of the realm — Madeiran member of the Chamber of Peers.
- Jangão — Administrator of the entail who restored the Jangão chapel in 1879.
- Unification of the currency — Madeiran member of the Chamber of Peers who spoke in favour of monetary unification.
- Ornelas e Vasconcelos (Aires de) — Father of Aires de Ornelas, with his own entry in the Elucidário.
- Our Lady of Pity (chapels) — Peer and 15th administrator of the Vale da Bica entail who repaired the Jangão chapel.
- Judge of Pious Bequests and Chantries — Judge of Residues and Chapels in 1718.
- Freemasonry — First master of the Unido lodge.
- Old Buildings — Late councillor whose heirs held the window stones of Columbus's house.
- Diplomats — Madeiran listed as a Portuguese diplomat.
- Columbus (Christopher) — Author of the 1892 memoir on Columbus's residence in Madeira and owner of the window stones.
- Ornelas de Vasconcelos (Ayres de) — Madeiran peer of the realm, a seventh-generation descendant of the governor.
- Entailed foundations — Head of one of the prosperous entailed houses.
- Lombada dos Esmeraldos — Last administrator of the Vale da Bica entail, who wrote an 1897 article on the lawsuits.
2Chronology
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Morgado Agostinho António de Ornelas, exiled by the governor, died at his manor in Caniço.
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The Jangão chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade at Ponta do Sol was restored by Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos and reblessed by the archbishop of Goa on 12 October 1879.
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Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos returned ill to Madeira and was warmly received.
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Agostinho de Ornelas published his memoir on Columbus's residence in Madeira.
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Agostinho de Ornelas published an article on the Esmeraldo entail lawsuits in A Verdade.
3Places mentioned
Abroad