José Francisco da Terra Brum (10 March 1776 – 22 January 1842) was a merchant, winegrower, and the first Baron of Alagoa on the island of Faial in the Portuguese archipelago of the

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Biography

José Francisco da Terra Brum was born on 10 March 1776 on Faial Island. His parents were Francisco Inácio Brum Terra and Joaquina Clara de Noronha. His maternal grandparents were João Inácio Homem da Costa Noronha—a wealthy landowner, farmer, and soldier from an illustrious

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family—and Clara Mariana Xavier de Noronha Côrte-Real. Martins Zuquete (1989): p. 212 During his life Terra Brum became one of Faial's largest landowners. As titleholder to landed estates, he was known as a '' morgado''. Ribeiro (2007): p. 163 His properties were situated along the ''Ribeira da Conceição'' (literally, Stream of the Immaculate Conception) and the so-called Alagoa coastline in what were then the outskirts of the city of

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, Faial. He also owned and maintained

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properties on neighboring Pico Island, where he was one of the largest producers of

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wine. Throughout his life he served in various of the

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's public positions, including lieutenant colonel of local

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s, knight of the Portuguese Military Order of Christ, knight of the Royal House of Portugal from 30 April 1794 onward, Captain-Mor of Faial from 14 March 1818 onward, and as a '' fidalgo'' of the Portuguese monarchy's privy council from January 1834 onward. On 22 December 1841, Queen Maria II of Portugal decreed Terra Brum the first Baron of Alagoa, creating the title in his favor.

Family

José Francisco's ancestors the Terras and Brums were considered some of Faial's oldest and most illustrious families. Mónica and Silveira e Sousa (2009): p. 146 José Francisco married Francisca Paula Brum e Silveira, whose ancestors the Silveiras were also key members of Faial's

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. Following José Francisco's death on 22 January 1842, his eldest son José Francisco da Terra Brum II became the second Baron of Alagoa. The second Terra Brum died in 1844, extinguishing the title. In 1901, King Carlos I of Portugal reinstated the baronage in favor of

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, José Francisco da Terra Brum's youngest son, and like his father before him one of Pico's largest winegrowers and a prominent public figure on both sides of the

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