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D'Aguilar National Park Reflections
D'Aguilar may refer to: People * Baron Diego Pereira D' Aguilar, Portuguese nobleman and Marrano. * Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar * Francis d'Aguilar, British rugby union international player * George Charles D'Aguilar, British Army officer and Lieutenant-governor of Hong Kong * Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda, British engineer and politician * Martin d'Aguilar, Spanish explorer * Dionisio D'Aguilar, well known Bahamian businessman and former President of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Places * D'Aguilar, Queensland, a rural town in Queensland, Australia * D'Aguilar Range, a mountain range northwest of Brisbane, Australia * D'Aguilar National Park, a National Park in Queensland, based on the D'Aguilar Range * Cape D'Aguilar, a peninsula in Hong Kong * D'Aguilar Street, a street in Hong Kong * Château d'Aguilar, a castle in France Roads * The D'Aguilar Highway The D'Aguilar Highway is a two-lane highway linking the Bruce Highway near Caboolture with K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Diego Pereira D' Aguilar
Baron Diego Lopes Pereira d'Aguilar (born 1699 Portugal; died 10 August 1759, London) was a Portuguese-born London-based Jewish businessman, community leader and philanthropist, originally a Portuguese converso, who lived in the 18th century. He was created a baron of the Holy Roman Empire by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Biography In 1722 he went from Lisbon to London, and then to Vienna. From 1725 to 1747 he held the tobacco monopoly in Austria, and had the power to establish factories and regulate prices. When in 1747 he asked the government to return to him a part of the money that he had deposited on account of the revenues, the empress Maria Theresa replied: "This appears to me just. I owe him much more; therefore, return it to him." D'Aguilar was a great favorite with the empress, who commissioned him to rebuild and enlarge the imperial palace at Schönbrunn, and he advanced 300,000 florins for the work. In recognition of his services Maria Theresa made him a baron and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |