Person physician noble civil servant
João de Freitas da Silva
1842–1922
physician · noble · civil servant · politician
Dr João de Freitas da Silva (b. 1842, Lisbon) was a physician-surgeon with a Montpellier MD (1863) and the 1st Viscount of Monte Belo. He was chief health officer of the port of Funchal, director of the Gonçalo Aires lazaretto and a member of the Junta Geral. He died in Funchal in 1922.
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- Freitas da Silva (Dr João de) — Lisbon-born physician-surgeon (b. 1842), 1st Viscount of Monte Belo, Montpellier MD (1863), chief health officer of the port, director of the Gonçalo Aires lazaretto and member of the Junta Geral.
- Our Lady of Pity (chapels) — Late husband of the Monte chapel's founder.
- Fortress of São Tiago — Morgado imprisoned in the fortress in 1803 after fleeing the convent of São Bernardino, where he had been sent for religious instruction.
