The Viscount of Passos ( pt, Visconde de Passos) is a title created by King
Pedro V of Portugal by decree dated 24 April 1860 in favour of D.
Beatriz de Passos Manoel
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, daughter of the
Portuguese statesman
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Manuel da Silva Passos and D. Guiomar de Souza Girão, from the Girão family of
Santarém, Portugal. She also became ''Viscountess Ferreri'' by marriage.
The title is now represented by the
Barons of Arcossó
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, as the first Viscountess's heir (her sister) married the Baron of Arcossó.
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1860 establishments in Portugal