Pedro Homem Pereira

Pedro Homem Pereira

17th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1591–1594
Monarch	Philip I of Portugal
Preceded by	Simão de Brito
Succeeded by	Office abolished Pedro Lopes de Sousa (as Governor of Portuguese Ceylon)

Pedro Homem Pereira was the 17th and last Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Pereira was appointed in 1591 under Philip I of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1594. The office of Captain-major was abolished and he was succeeded by Pedro Lopes de Sousa as Governor of Portuguese Ceylon.^[1]

References

↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Captains-major". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

Government offices
Preceded by Simão de Brito	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1591-1594	Succeeded by Office abolished Pedro Lopes de Sousa (as Governor of Portuguese Ceylon)

Governors of Portuguese Ceylon →

Captains (1518–1524)	Silveira Brito Lemos

Captain-majors (1551–1594)	Henriques Coutinho Eça Carvalho Lacerda Baroche Sousa Inferno Melo Monroy Coutinho Noronha Albuquerque Coutinho Brito Brito Pereira

Governors (1594–1658)	Sousa Azevedo Meneses Homem Pereira Noronha Albuquerque Noronha Mascarenhas Almeida Castro Almeida Castro Mascarenhas Mascarenhas Homem Castro Coutinho Meneses*

* in Jaffna

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