Person governor noble
António Manuel de Noronha
d. 1569
governor · noble
Governor and captain-general of Madeira from 1822 to 1823, succeeding D. Rodrigo António de Melo on 22 April 1822. He was in office when João VI restored absolute rule and allowed public celebrations of it in June 1823; he was later made Viscount of Santa Cruz.
1Mentioned in
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- Historical dates — Madeiran prelate, son of the third captain-donatary, who died at Lamego in 1569.
- Literature — Son of the second captain-donatary João Gonçalves, poet in the Cancioneiro de Resende.
- Câmara (Simão Gonçalves da) — Son of Simão Gonçalves and private secretary to Leo X; presented the gift.
- Noronha (João Rodrigues de) — Bishop of Lamego and brother of João Rodrigues de Noronha.
- Cancioneiro de Resende (Madeira in the) — Funchal-born son of João Gonçalves da Câmara, court poet and brave soldier in North Africa.
- Noronha (Dom Manuel de) — Funchal-born prelate who served at the papal court and was bishop of Lamego from 1547 until his death in 1569.
- Noble titles — Former governor and captain-general of Madeira, made Viscount of Santa Cruz in 1851.
- Illustrious men — Brother of João Rodrigues de Noronha, frontier commander at Safim in Morocco.
- Melo (Dom Rodrigo António de) — Successor of D. Rodrigo António de Melo as governor of Madeira, taking office on 22 April 1822.
- Proclamations of the absolutist government — Captain-general of Madeira who allowed public celebrations of the absolutist restoration in June 1823.
- Campanário (parish) — Son of the second captain-donatary of Funchal and an early settler who held vast lands now in Quinta Grande.
- Noronha — Son of João Gonçalves da Câmara, granted in sesmaria the land later the Jesuits' Quinta.
2Chronology
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A royal letter appointed António Manuel de Noronha governor and captain-general of Madeira.
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António Manuel de Noronha took office as governor of Madeira, succeeding D. Rodrigo António de Melo.
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António Manuel de Noronha requested his resignation on grounds of ill health.
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António Manuel de Noronha was created Viscount of Santa Cruz.
