Provedor and long-serving administrator of Porto Santo (1806–1874), briefly interim civil governor, and author of the Porto Santo municipal annals. He was made Viscount of Nogueiras in 1867.
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9 August 1834
Porto Santo was made a provedoria, with João de Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Bettencourt as its first provedor.
8 January 1862–18 January 1862
João de Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Bettencourt served as interim civil governor of Funchal district.
