Luís Augusto de Almeida Macedo

Luís Augusto de Almeida Macedo was governor of Portuguese Timor and Solor between 1856 and April 29, 1859 . He held the rank of lieutenant colonel and led the office until his successor Afonso de Castro arrived in the colony. He was appointed governor on September 8, 1858.

The in Goa established battalion "Defensor de Timor" (Defenders of Timor) shrank as a result of ongoing losses and difficulties in recruiting new and 1850 the size of a company. Macedo rebuilt the unit with forces from Portugal, Goa, Macau and Mozambique to its old strength of about 300 men. The colony's constant lack of money tormented him. When the Manumera Empire rebelled, Macedo was forced to use money earmarked to pay officers and employees to buy weapons, ammunition, and equipment to fight Manumera. He repeatedly asked the government in Lisbon to settle the bill for the repair of the Brigg Mondega for 13,060 rupees, but the promised annual subsidies of 6,000 patacas also failed to materialize. In 1859 the Liurai of Vemasse Dom Domingos de Freitas Soares rebelled . The revolt was put down that same year and Dom Domingos was exiled to Lisbon.

After attempts were made to plant coffee in Portuguese Timor for the first time in 1815, Macedo began to fossilize the establishment of the coffee industry. His successor Castro continued this successfully.

Macedo's diary from his time in Portuguese Timor has been preserved. Here he reports, among other things, how Chinese traders sold banned goods, possibly weapons, to Callady in the mountains.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical examination of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor from 1850 to 1912 , Appendix II; Source: Gonçalo Pimenta de Castro: Timor, pp. 44–162 and Marques, AH de Oliveira : História de Portugal, Volume III, Lisbon, Palas Editores, 1984, pp. 627/628, Aberag, Hamburg 1996. ISBN 3-934376 -08-8 .
2. ^ Geoffrey C. Gunn: Historical Dictionary of East Timor, p. 183, 2010
3. ↑ Worldstatesmen: East Timor /
4. ↑ Schlicher 1996, p. 183
5. ↑ ^{a b} 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. , P. 56, Technical University of Lisbon (PDF file; 805 kB) 
6. ↑ Gunn, p. 53
7. ^ Diary of Luís Augusto de Almeida Macedo, Kroch Library, Cornell University , Ithaca , New York based on Douglas Kammen: Subordinating Timor - Central authority and the origins of communal identities in East Timor , p. 250 ( Memento des Originals, March 5, 2016 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. 

See also

• History of East Timor

predecessor	Office	successor
Manuel de Saldanha da Gama	Governor of Portuguese Timor 1856-1859	Afonso de Castro