Francisco de Mello e Castro

Francisco de Mello e Castro

17th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1653–1655
Monarch	John IV of Portugal
Preceded by	Manuel Mascarenhas Homem
Succeeded by	António de Sousa Coutinho
Personal details
Born	1600 1664

Francisco de Mello e Castro was the 17th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. de Mello was appointed in 1653 under Philip III of Portugal, he was Governor until 1655. He was succeeded by António de Sousa Coutinho.^[1]

References

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

Government offices
Preceded by Manuel Mascarenhas Homem	Governor of Portuguese Ceylon 1653-1655	Succeeded by António de Sousa Coutinho

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

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