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António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Count and 1st Marquis of Tomar (9 May 1803 – 1 September 1889) was a Portuguese 19th century
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.


Early life

Born in Fornos de Algodres he trained as a lawyer in Coimbra and was later appointed as a judge. A liberal, he earned a mixed reputation of fear and admiration.


Career

He was appointed Governor of
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in 1836 and was a confidant of Queen Maria II of Portugal. The year he was appointed, he used force to put down radical mobs in Lisbon (the
Rossio massacre The Rossio Massacre ( pt, ‘massacre do Rossio’) took place on the evening of 13 March 1838, when forces loyal to the Portuguese government of Prime Minister Sá da Bandeira put down a revolt by radical sections of the National Guard and their ...
). He restored diplomatic relations with the Vatican and re-introduced a conservative Constitutional Charter. Following an 1842 coup d'état, he was appointed as Minister and Secretary for Royal State Affairs (the equivalent of a today's
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) in 1843. In 1846
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led to the peasant revolt of ''
Maria da Fonte The Revolution of Maria da Fonte, or Revolution of the Minho, is the name given to a popular revolt in the spring of 1846 against the Cartista government of Portugal (presided over by António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquess of Tomar). Th ...
'' in the north of Portugal, and he was removed from office. He fled to England but was restored to power in 1848. Again due to his unpopularity and the now poor economic state of Portugal he was replaced for a second time by the Duque de Saldanha in 1851.


See also

* List of Portuguese Prime Ministers *
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*
Count of Tomar Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...


References


Portugal History
via Library of Congress 1803 births 1889 deaths People from Fornos de Algodres Portuguese nobility Prime Ministers of Portugal Ambassadors of Portugal to Brazil Ambassadors of Portugal to the Holy See People of the Liberal Wars 19th-century Portuguese people University of Coimbra alumni Commanders of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa {{Portugal-noble-stub