António de Albuquerque Coelho (1682–1745) was the

Governor of Macau The governor of Macau ( pt, Governador de Macau; ) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called captain-major ( pt, Capitão-mor). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the transfer of sove ...

from 1718 to 1719. In 1722 he was appointed Colonial Governor of Portuguese Timor. He almost did not make it to Macau as the captain of the ship that was to take him to Macau left him in

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instead. Later, in

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...

, he was besieged by

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during his three years of services there.James Fox: ''Out of the Ashes: Destruction and Reconstruction of East Timor'', Australian National University
(PDF; pg 10)

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Governors of Macau Governors of Portuguese Timor 18th-century politicians 1682 births 1745 deaths {{Macau-bio-stub