José Lúcio Travassos Valdez
1787–1862
governor and captain-general of Madeira · military officer · politician · noble · governor
Governor and captain-general of Madeira from 1827 to 1828, who proclaimed the rights of D. Pedro IV and D. Maria, raised the Voluntários Reais de D. Pedro and began the Porto Novo fort. He resisted the Miguelist takeover of 1828 before taking refuge aboard the Alligator and fleeing to England, and later became Count of Bonfim, a peer and a minister of state.
1Mentioned in
- Royal Volunteers of Dom Pedro — Governor of Madeira, later Count of Bonfim, under whom the Voluntários Reais de D. Pedro battalion was raised in 1828.
- Alligator (corvette) — Liberal governor and captain-general of Madeira who capitulated to the Miguelists in 1828 and took refuge aboard the Alligator; later Conde de Bonfim.
- Military garrison — Governor of Madeira under whom the volunteer battalion of D. Pedro IV was created.
- Acciaioly (Filipe Joaquim) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira who took refuge aboard the corvette Alligator.
- Veitch (Henrique) — Governor of Madeira who escaped aboard the frigate Alligator with Veitch's help when absolutist troops took the island in 1828.
- Atouguia (Viscount of) — Liberal governor and captain-general of Madeira in 1828 whom Atouguia came to assist and served as aide.
- Camacha (parish) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira during the 1828 Miguelist invasion.
- Alçada of 1828 — Governor and captain-general of Madeira who proclaimed the rights of D. Pedro IV and D. Maria in 1828 and later took refuge on the British corvette Alligator.
- Castro (Dom Manuel de Portugal e) — Castro's successor as governor of Madeira, who arrived in Funchal on 27 April 1827.
- Antas (Count of) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira who prepared the 1828 defence against the Miguelist squadron.
- Porto Novo (fort) — Governor of Madeira who began the fort in 1827.
- Fonseca (Dr José Maria Martiniano da) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira who sent Fonseca to the liberal junta in Porto; his correspondence found on Fonseca sealed his fate.
- Proclamations of the absolutist government — Constitutional governor of Madeira who resisted the Miguelist takeover in 1828.
- Exiled convicts — Governor and captain-general who in 1827 objected to convicts sentenced to public works being sent to Madeira.
- Governors and captains-general — Governor and captain-general of Madeira from 1827.
- Monteiro (José Maria) — Liberal governor and captain-general of Madeira who in June 1828 prevented Monteiro from landing.
- Occupation of Madeira by the Miguelite troops — Constitutionalist governor and captain-general of Madeira who resisted the Miguelists in 1828 and fled to London; later Conde de Bonfim.
2Chronology
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Governor José Lúcio Travassos Valdez began building the Porto Novo fort.
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José Lúcio Travassos Valdez was appointed governor and captain-general of Madeira.
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The new governor José Lúcio Travassos Valdez arrived in Funchal to succeed D. Manuel de Portugal e Castro.
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José Lúcio Travassos Valdez took office as governor in Funchal.
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Governor Travassos Valdez wrote on the drawbacks of sending convicts to Madeira.
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A Miguelist expedition under Colonel José António de Azevedo Lemos landed at Machico and occupied Madeira, proclaiming absolutism; Governor Valdez and liberal leaders took refuge aboard the British frigate Alligator.
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Governor Valdez solemnly proclaimed in Madeira the rights of D. Pedro IV and D. Maria.
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The frigate Príncipe Real arrived at Funchal with the Miguelist governor José Maria Monteiro, whose landing Governor Travassos Valdez refused.
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The future Visconde de Atouguia sailed to Madeira to help Governor Travassos Valdez resist the absolutists.
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After capitulating, Governor Travassos Valdez took refuge with his family aboard HMS Alligator, as did the Conde de Carvalhal.
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The Alligator left Funchal and transferred Valdez and other liberal émigrés at sea to the brig Jane, bound for England.
3Places mentioned
Abroad