Person merchant philanthropist landowner
Roberto Page
merchant · philanthropist · landowner · bibliophile
English wine merchant in Madeira from at least 1804 and partner of José Phelps, remembered for extensive philanthropy: bridges, fountains, mountain shelters such as those at Paul da Serra and Ribeira das Cales, road repairs and gifts to charities. He was decorated twice by King João VI and received Leopoldina at his Quinta do Belo Monte in 1817, though the Elucidário notes he lent himself to the dubious 'discovery' of relics of Machim's cross.
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- Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish) — Owner of Quinta do Belo Monte in 1817, where he received Empress Leopoldina.
- Bookplates (ex-libris) — Bookplate owner linked to Madeira, reproduced in volume 1.
- Mountain shelters — English subject who in the early 19th century had two mountain refuge huts built, at Paul da Serra and Ribeira das Cales.
- Paul da Serra — Englishman who had the Meio Paul shelter built on the plateau in the early nineteenth century.
- Leopoldina (Archduchess) — Wealthy English merchant who received Leopoldina at Quinta Belmonte on the Monte.
- The English — Englishman cited as one of the rare British philanthropists who benefited Madeira.
- Foreigners — Foreigner praised for services rendered in Madeira in the first half of the 19th century.
