Person military officer civil governor of Madeira director of public works
António Rogério Gromicho Couceiro
1807–1862
military officer · civil governor of Madeira · director of public works · politician
Brigadier and civil governor of Madeira (1856–57), celebrated for his energetic handling of the 1856 cholera epidemic, during which he set up an orphan asylum in the former São Francisco convent. Earlier director of public works, he later became minister of war and deputy for Madeira.
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- Levadas — Director of public works and later civil governor of Madeira, under whose direction water first passed through the Estrebarias tunnel.
- Machico (parish church) — Civil and military governor of Madeira who had the church organ repaired in 1857.
- Pita (Dr António da Luz) — Governor of Madeira during the cholera epidemic, for whom Luz Pita was the chief helper.
- Funchal Poorhouse — Governor during the 1856 cholera epidemic who set up an orphan asylum in the former São Francisco convent.
- Cholera morbus in 1856 and 1910 — Civil governor of Madeira, praised for his outstanding relief work during the 1856 cholera epidemic.
