Person politician royal commissioner noble
António José de Ávila
politician · royal commissioner · noble
Portuguese statesman, later Duke of Ávila e Bolama. He was sent to Madeira in 1846 as royal commissioner with discretionary powers to investigate the unrest caused by Dr Robert Kalley's Protestant proselytism.
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- Kalley (Dr Robert Reid) — Sent by the Portuguese government to investigate the 1846 disturbances in Madeira; later Duke of Ávila and Bolama.
2Chronology
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António José de Ávila was appointed by decree royal commissioner with discretionary powers for Madeira.
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Royal commissioner António José de Ávila left Lisbon with José Silvestre Ribeiro, the new civil governor, arriving in Madeira on 12 September.
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Ávila suspended the interim civil governor and the administrator of Funchal municipality.
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Ávila left Madeira for Lisbon.
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