Manuel Mascarenhas Homem

Manuel Mascarenhas Homem

4th & 16th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1614–1616
Monarch	Philip II of Portugal
Preceded by	Francisco de Meneses
Succeeded by	Nuno Álvares Pereira
In office 1645–1653
Monarch	John IV of Portugal
Preceded by	Filipe Mascarenhas
Succeeded by	Francisco de Mello e Castro
Personal details
Born	1600
Died	1657

Manuel Mascarenhas Homem was twice Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. Homem was first appointed in 1614 under Philip II of Portugal as the governor, serving until 1616 and being succeeded by Nuno Álvares Pereira. He was appointed a second time in 1645 by John IV of Portugal, serving until 1653 and being succeeded by Francisco de Mello e Castro.^[1]

References

↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Governors". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

Government offices
Preceded by Francisco de Meneses	Governor of Portuguese Ceylon 1614-1616	Succeeded by Nuno Álvares Pereira
Preceded by Filipe Mascarenhas	Governor of Portuguese Ceylon 1645-1653	Succeeded by Francisco de Mello e Castro

Governors of Portuguese Ceylon →

Captains (1518–1524)	Silveira Brito Lemos

Captain-majors (1551–1594)	Henriques Coutinho Eça Carvalho Lacerda Baroche Sousa Inferno Melo Monroy Coutinho Noronha Albuquerque Coutinho Brito Brito Pereira

Governors (1594–1658)	Sousa Azevedo Meneses Homem Pereira Noronha Albuquerque Noronha Mascarenhas Almeida Castro Almeida Castro Mascarenhas Mascarenhas Homem Castro Coutinho Meneses*

* in Jaffna

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.