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Person naval officer ship's master

Machico

naval officer · ship's master

Main article Machico (Count of) Short entry on Charles Stuart, British envoy in Lisbon and member of Portugal's regency government during the Peninsular War, who was made Count of Machico in 1825 and Marquis of Angra in 1826.

Sailor and master of King Fernando's barge, who received houses in Lisbon. General Brito Rebelo proposed him as the origin of the place-name Machico.

1Mentioned in

Brito Rebelo (General Jacinto Inácio de) — Sailor and ship's captain of King Fernando whom Brito Rebelo proposed as origin of the name Machico.
Machico (origin of the name) — Master of King Fernando's barge who received houses in Lisbon; proposed by Brito Rebelo as the source of the name.

2Chronology

1379
At Alenquer, King Fernando granted houses in Lisbon to Machico, master of his barge.
1894
During the Henrician centenary General Brito Rebelo found and published records of a mariner named Machico, bearing on the origin of the place-name.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (4)

Map: Madeira (4)