José Antônio Moreira Filho, the second baron with grandee of Ipanema (27 August 1830 — 27 February 1899), was a Brazilian businessman in real estate. He was a partner of
José Luís Guimarães Caipora.
He was the son of
José Antônio Moreira, first baron, viscount and count with grandee of Ipanema, and of Laurinda Rosa Ferreira dos Santos. He married Luísa Rudge. They left many descendants, from which marriage they bore the compound surname Ipanema Moreira.
He was made Commander of the Portuguese
Military Order of Christ
The Military Order of Christ is the former order of Knights Templar as it was reconstituted in Portugal. Before 1910 it was known as the Royal Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Order of the Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It was ...
and of the
Order of Our Lady of the Conception of Vila Vicosa. He received his baronage by decree on 13 May 1885, and the grandeeship by decree on 5 September 1888. His title referenced the
Rio Ipanema, on whose banks his father had built the
Ipanema Ironworks, in
Sorocaba. Subsequently, Moreira settled down in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where he was a leader in the urbanization of the Town of
Ipanema
Ipanema () is a neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became known internationally with the popularity of the bossa nova jazz song, "The Girl from Ipa ...
, today's district of Ipanema.
References
19th-century Brazilian people
Brazilian nobility
1830 births
1899 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
Commanders of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
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