Isidoro Francisco Guimarães, 1st viscount of Praia Grande de Macau (19 April 1808 – 17 January 1883), was a
Portuguese colonial administrator who served as the
governor of Macau
The governor of Macau (; ) was a Portugal, Portuguese colonial official who headed the Portuguese Empire, colony of Portuguese Macau, Macau, before 1623 called captain-major (). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the handover of M ...
from 1851 to 1863.
During his term, the
gambling business in Macau was legalized in an attempt to generate revenues for the government.
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Viscounts of Portugal
Governors of Macau
1808 births
1883 deaths