Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho

Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho
Colonial governor of Portuguese Timor
In office
1880–1881
Preceded by Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco
Succeeded by Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira
Colonial governor of Portuguese India
In office
1886–1889
Preceded by 27th Council of the Government of the State of India
Succeeded by Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
1878–1878
Preceded by João Cesário de Lacerda
Succeeded by José Guedes Brandão de Melo
Personal details
Born 31 March 1836
Lisbon, Portugal
Died 3 February 1905
Lisbon
Nationality Portuguese

Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho (31 March 1836 – 3 February 1905) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a general of the Portuguese Army. He was the 54th governor of Portuguese Timor (now East Timor) from 1880 to 1881,[1][2] the 102nd governor-general of the Portuguese State of India from 1886 to 1889[3][4] and the governor of Cape Verde in 1890.[5][6]

He completed his preparatory course at the Polytechnic School in 1852, followed by the Naval School in 1856. He went onto a commission in Angola and embarked on a brig Vila Flor and the corvette Goa, followed by another committee on the brig D. João de Castro to Portuguese India.

In 1880 he was promoted a frigate captain and was nominated governor of Timor, during his tenure, the Timorese Kingdom of Cowa fell.[7] Later, he became governor of Portuguese India from 1886 to 1889 where he opened the harbour of Mormugao and extended the railway line up to the then-border with British India,[8] later he was promoted counter-admiral and became governor of Cape Verde in 1890.

In 1892, he was nominated a commander at the Naval School and in 1896 commander of the Army Marine Corps. He was lastly promoted to a vice-admiral in 1901, he died on February 3, 1905 in Lisbon.

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Notes

  1. "Portuguese Timor". rulers.org.
  2. "Portuguese Timor". worldstatesmen.org.
  3. "Portuguese India". rulers.org.
  4. "Portuguese India". worldstatesmen.org.
  5. "Cape Verde". rulers.org.
  6. "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  7. "History of East Timor" (PDF). Technical University of Lisbon. (pdf)
  8. Danvers, Frederik C. The Portuguese in India. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Preceded by
Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco
Governor of Portuguese Timor
1880-1881
Succeeded by
Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira
Preceded by
27th Government Council of the State of Portuguese India
Colonial governor of Portuguese India
1888-89
Succeeded by
Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque
Preceded by
João Cesário de Lacerda
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
1890
Succeeded by
José Guedes Brandão de Melo
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