António de Saldanha da Gama

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]^[3] 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.^[3] He was governor of the Portuguese colony Maranhão (northern Brazil) between 1804 and 1806,^[4] and of Portuguese Angola between 1807 and 1810.^[5] He was created count of Porto Santo on 26 October 1823.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Albano da Silveira Pinto (1883). "Resenha das Familias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal - Tomo II". pp. 338–39.
^ Hogg, Peter C. (1973), The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression: A Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Articles, Cass Library of African Studies, vol. 137, Routledge, p. 380, ISBN 9780714627755
^ ^a ^b "The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time …". T.C. Hansard. 1816. pp. 200–201.
^ "Brazil-Maranhão". worldstatesmen.org.
^ "Angola". worldstatesmen.org.

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State of Maranhão (1621-1751)	Domingos da Costa Machado • António Moniz Barreiros Filho • António Coelho de Carvalho • Jácome Raimundo de Noronha • Bento Maciel Parente • Pedro de Albuquerque Melo • Francisco Coelho de Carvalho • Luís de Magalhães • André Vidal de Negreiros • Pedro de Mello • Rui Vaz de Siqueira • António de Albuquerque Velho • Pedro César de Meneses • Inácio Coelho da Silva • Francisco de Sá de Meneses • Gomes Freire de Andrade • Artur de Sá de Meneses • António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho • Manuel Rolim de Moura Tavares • João Velasco de Molina • Cristóvão da Costa Freire • Bernardo Pereira de Berredo • Alexandre de Sousa Freire • José da Serra • João de Abreu Castelo Branco • José da Serra • Francisco Pedro de Mendonça Gorjão •
State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão (1751-1772)	Luís de Vasconcelos Lobo • Severino de Faria • Gonçalo Lobato e Sousa • Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas • Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas • António de Sales e Noronha • José Teles da Silva • Fernando Pereira Leite de Foios • Fernando António Soares de Noronha • Diogo de Sousa • António de Saldanha da Gama • Francisco de Mello Câmara • José Tomás de Meneses • Paulo José da Silva Gama •
State of Maranhão and Piauí (1772-1775)	Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas
State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro (1772-1775)	João Pereira Caldas
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