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

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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

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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

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. He was succeeded by Francisco Maria da Cunha on 1 December 1877.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carvalho Meneses Jose Guedes 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

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