José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (19 May 1814 – 10 December 1879) was a Portuguese colonial administrator. He was born on 19 May 1814 in
Mancelos in northern Portugal. He was created Count of Costa by King
Luís I
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in 1875. He was an older brother of
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses who was governor of Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde.
He was
governor general of Cape Verde from 25 April 1864 until 11 February 1869, succeeding
Carlos Joaquim Franco
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. He was succeeded by
Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque.
On 10 August 1874, he was appointed
governor general of Mozambique, succeeding
José Manuel Crispiniano da Fonseca
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. He was succeeded by
Francisco Maria da Cunha on 1 December 1877.
See also
*
List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
*
List of colonial governors of Mozambique
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1814 births
1879 deaths
People from Amarante, Portugal
Colonial heads of Cape Verde
Heads of state of Mozambique
Portuguese colonial governors and administrators
Portuguese generals