António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo explained

António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo (Lisbon, 5 February 1778[1] – 1839) was a Portuguese politician, navy officer, diplomat and colonial administrator.[1] He was the Portuguese plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.[2] While at the Congress he signed a number of treaties and documents on behalf of Prince Regent John of Portugal including the Declaration of the Powers, on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, on 8 February 1815.[2] He was governor of the Portuguese colony Maranhão (northern Brazil) between 1804 and 1806,[3] and of Portuguese Angola between 1807 and 1810.[4] He was created count of Porto Santo on 26 October 1823.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resenha das Familias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal - Tomo II. 338–39. Albano da Silveira Pinto. 1883.
  2. Web site: [{{google books|I8ETAAAAYAAJ|page=199|plainurl=yes}} The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time …]. 32 . 1816 . T.C. Hansard . 200–201.
  3. Web site: Brazil-Maranhão. worldstatesmen.org.
  4. Web site: Angola. worldstatesmen.org.