Tomás Xavier de Lima Teles da Silva, 1st Marquis of Ponte de Lima
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The Marquis of Ponte de Lima KC FC | |
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Secretary of the State of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves | |
In office 1 April 1786 – 15 December 1788 | |
Monarch | Maria I of Portugal |
Preceded by | Martinho de Melo e Castro |
Succeeded by | Viscount of Balsemão |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs and War of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves | |
In office 1 April 1786 – 15 December 1788 | |
Monarch | Maria I of Portugal |
Preceded by | Martinho de Melo e Castro |
Succeeded by | Viscount of Balsemão |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 October 1727 |
Died | December 23, 1800 | (aged 73)
Spouse(s) | Eugénia Maria Josefa of Braganza |
Occupation | Politician |
Tomás Xavier de Lima Teles da Silva, 1st Marquis of Ponte de Lima, 13th Count of Vila Nova de Cerveira (12 October 1727 — 23 December 1800), was a Portuguese nobleman, statesman, and historian.
Career[]
Tomás Xavier de Lima Teles da Silva was a Fidalgo of the Royal Household of Maria I of Portugal and a knight of the Order of Christ.
He served as the head of the Portuguese government from 1786 to 1788.
Categories:
- 18th-century Portuguese people
- People from Lisbon
- Portuguese nobility
- Portuguese Roman Catholics
- 1727 births
- 1800 deaths