Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito

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Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito was a Portuguese colonial administrator and officer in the 18th century.

Life

Azevedo e Brito was governor of Timor and Solor from 1759 to 1760 .

During this time the Portuguese were in dire straits on Timor . Since 1719, a large part of the Timorese rulers was in the Cailaco rebellion against the colonial power. The closest allies of the Portuguese, the Topasse , were defeated in the Battle of Penfui against the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1749. In 1756, the VOC concluded an alliance with a large part of the rulers in West Timor and the neighboring islands in the Treaty of Paravicini . With the Portuguese, only Oecussi and Ambeno remained in the west with the colonial capital Lifau and Noimuti a little south .

In 1759, Governor Vicento Ferreira de Carvalho decided to give up because of the situation and sell Lifau to the Dutch on his own initiative. When the Dutch wanted to take possession of the place under Hans Albrecht von Plüskow in 1760 , they were faced with a Topasse force. From Plüskow was from Francisco da Hornay III. and António da Costa murdered. Lifau officially remained in Portuguese ownership. To what extent the new Portuguese governor Azevedo e Brito was involved in the defense is stated in the sources contradicting itself.

The relationship between the governor and the Dominicans had deteriorated significantly by this point. Finally, the Dominican Jacinto da Conceição had the governor Azevedo e Brito arrested and deported him to Goa in 1760 . Until the arrival of the new governor Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão , a government council ( Conselho Governativo ) took over the administration of the colony.

Azevedo e Brito later became a lieutenant colonel in the brigade in Goa. Around 1775 he was governor of Damão . Sources name Azevedo e Brito 1790 and 1795 as general director of the Navy ( intendentegeral da Marinha ).

family

The parents of Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito were the nobleman Paulo Félix de Azevedo e Brito and Antónia Teresa Josefa de Castro . Sebastião had a son, Lieutenant-Captain João Manuel de Azevedo e Brito, who was born in Goa .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans Hägerdal: governor of Portuguese Timor to 1832 ; Sources: Artur Teodoro de Matos: Timor Portugues, 1515-1769 (Lisboa 1974), Affonso de Castro: As possessões portuguezas na Oceania (1867) and Luna de Oliveira: Timor na historia de Portugal (1940s)
  2. ↑ a b c James J. Fox, “The Paradox of Powerlessness: Timor in Historical Perspective,” December 9, 1996, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University ( Memento July 6, 2007 im Internet Archive ) (PDF; 70 kB)
  3. ↑ a b History of Timor, p. 44ff
  4. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF; 887 kB)
  5. ↑ History of Timor, p. 45
  6. ↑ a b Junta da Real Fazenda do Estado da Índia Livro 65 (1754-1776) (PDF; 373 kB)
  7. ↑ a b Junta da Real Fazenda do Estado da Índia Livro 62 (1793-1796) (PDF; 456 kB)
  8. ↑ a b geneall.net
predecessor Office successor
Vicento Ferreira de Carvalho Governor of Portuguese Timor
1759–1760 		Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão
personal data
SURNAME Azevedo e Brito, Sebastião de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century or 19th century