D. Manuel de Portugal e Castro
1787–1854
governor and captain-general of Madeira · viceroy of India · minister of state · peer of the realm
Governor and captain-general of Madeira under the absolutist regime from August 1823, who arrived with troops and the alçada and destroyed the foundations of the Constitution monument. He built the bridge and widened the ramp named after him, and was later viceroy of India, minister of state and peer. His own entry is a cross-reference to the main article filed under Castro.
1Mentioned in
- Drawing and painting class — Governor of Madeira in whose time the French and English class in Funchal was created.
- Special judicial commission of 1823 — New governor of Madeira who arrived in August 1823 with troops and the alçada.
- Banks — Governor and captain-general who asked the central government for a bank in Funchal in 1824.
- Noronha (António Manuel de) — Succeeded Noronha as governor and captain-general of Madeira.
- Porto Moniz (municipality) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira who on 10 April 1825 supported the locals' petition for a Porto Moniz municipality.
- Castro (Dom Manuel de Portugal e) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira (1823–1828) under the absolutist regime, later viceroy of India, minister of state and peer; subject of this entry.
- Manuel de Castro (ramp and bridge of Dom) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira (1823–25) who built the bridge and widened the ramp named after him.
- Proclamations of the absolutist government — Governor of Madeira from August 1823 who destroyed the Constitution monument's foundations and constitutional records.
- Primary Schools — Governor under the absolutist regime who suppressed an elementary school to fund an English and French class in Funchal.
- Prophets — Follower who, with his wife, was ordered to strip and go to the Espírito Santo chapel.
2Chronology
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D. Manuel de Portugal e Castro, appointed in July 1823, took office as governor and captain-general of Madeira on 28 August and governed until 1825.
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The frigate Amazonas arrived at Funchal with the new governor D. Manuel de Portugal e Castro, infantry regiment no. 7, artillery and the judicial alçada.
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The foundations of the unfinished Constitution monument in Funchal were demolished by order of the governor, and its foundation deposit was recorded.
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Governor D. Manuel de Portugal e Castro requested the creation of a bank in Funchal.
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Governor D. Manuel de Portugal e Castro reported favourably on the petition to create a municipality of Porto Moniz.
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The Constitutional Charter was solemnly proclaimed and sworn in Funchal under governor D. Manuel de Portugal e Castro, with festivities and illuminations.