José Eduardo da Costa Meneses

José Eduardo da Costa Meneses was a Portuguese officer and colonial administrator. From 1864 to 1865 he was governor of Portuguese Timor .

Service on Timor

His soldiers in the colony rebelled against the predecessor of Meneses, José Manuel Pereira de Almeida (1863 to 1864), as there were repeated delays in the payment of wages due to a lack of cash and Almeida maintained a dictatorial style of leadership. Almeida had to flee the colony. A Conselho Governativo led the administration of the colony for two months until Meneses arrived . Meneses had no choice but to take out a loan from the neighboring governor-general of the Dutch East Indies for the missing pay . When Meneses returned to Lisbon in 1865 due to illness , he was brought to justice because he had exceeded his competencies by borrowing. Meneses died during the trial. Francisco Teixeira da Silva , his successor as governor, had to eliminate the unpleasant consequences of the mutiny. However, Silva withdrew promotions and pay increases by his predecessor.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical study of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor from 1850 to 1912 , Aberag, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-934376-08-8
2. ↑ Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Pp. 84–85, Technical University of Lisbon (PDF file; 805 kB) 

See also

• History of East Timor

predecessor	Office	successor
José Manuel Pereira de Almeida	Governor of Portuguese Timor 1864–1865	Francisco Teixeira da Silva