José Maria da Ponte e Horta (1824 in
Faro – 9 March 1892
[
]) was a
Portuguese noble who served as a colonial administrator and soldier in the
Portuguese Empire. He is best known for his roles as the two time
Governor of Angola and the
Governor of Macau and
Governor of Mozambique.
Biography
José Maria da Ponte e Horta was born to a Portuguese noble family in 1824.
Ponte e Horta joined the Portuguese military and later went on to serve as a professor at the
Escola Politécnica de Lisboa and was named
Par do Reino
Par or PAR may refer to:
Finance
* Par value, stated value or face value in finance and accounting
* Par yield or par rate, in finance
Games
* Par (score), the number of strokes a scratch golfer should require to complete a hole, round or tourn ...
, one of the highest honors of Portuguese society.
On 26 October 1866, Ponte e Horta became the Portuguese
Governor of Macau, a position which he held for two years until 3 August 1868.
In 1870, he again held a top colonial office, being named the
Governor of Angola which was at the time, a Portuguese colony. He remained Governor of Portuguese Angola until 1873.
Many sources state that Ponte e Horta also held the post of
Governor of Cabo Verde, however he does not appear in other records as having held that position.
Death and legacy
José Maria da Ponte e Horta died on 9 March 1892.
[ There are several streets and buildings named after him in Macau.]
Published works
* ''Memória sobre os Infinitamente Pequenos.''
See also
* Colonial Macau
Portuguese Macau (officially the Province of Macau until 1976, and then the Autonomous Region of Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese colony that existed from the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 to the end of colonial rul ...
* Portuguese Angola
References
Governors of Macau
Governors of Portuguese Angola
1824 births
1892 deaths
People from Faro, Portugal
19th century in Macau
1860s in the Portuguese Empire
1860s in China
1870s in Angola
19th-century Portuguese people
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