António de Amaral de Meneses

António de Amaral de Meneses

14th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1656 – 22 June 1658
Monarch	John IV of Portugal Afonso VI of Portugal
Preceded by	António de Sousa Coutinho
Succeeded by	Office abolished

António de Amaral de Meneses was the 19th and last Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. de Meneses was appointed in 1656 under John IV of Portugal, he was Governor until 1658.^[1]

References

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

Government offices
Preceded by António de Sousa Coutinho	Governor of Portuguese Ceylon 1656-1658	Succeeded by Office abolished

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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