Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, Count of Paço de Arcos

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Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva
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Portrait, c. 1890
Governor of Macau
In office
1876–1879
Preceded byJosé Maria Lobo de Ávila
Succeeded byJoaquim José da Graça
Governor-general of Mozambique
In office
1881–1882
Preceded byAugusto César Rodrigues Sarmento
Succeeded byJosé de Almeida d'Ávila
Governor of Portuguese India
In office
1882–1886
Preceded byCaetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque
Succeeded byGovernment Council of the State of India
Personal details
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D. Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Paço de Arcos[1]
(17 December 1834 – 5 November 1905), was a Portuguese statesman.

Origins

The Count of Paço d'Arcos was born in the parish (

Counts of Alcáçovas
for centuries.

On 6 September 1876 he married Emília Angélica de Castro Monteiro (b.

Viscounts and Counts of Castro, and had issue. The titles of Viscount and Count of Paço d'Arcos are held by the Correia da Silva family of Portugal
.

Naval career

He excelled in school from an early age, having attended the School for Nobles (Real Colégio dos Nobres) and later enrolled in the Portuguese Naval Academy (

Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada), Portugal's highest decoration awarded for bravery in combat, for his heroics in pursuing and capturing the Spanish slave ship Virgen del Refugio off the coast of Portuguese Guinea in 1864. As a 27-year-old second lieutenant in 1862 the Count of Paço d'Arcos also commanded the schooner Napier in pursuit of the US confederate pirate ship CSS Alabama in the mid Atlantic near the Azores
.

He held many other commands, including the

Vice-Admiral
(1895) and Major-General of the Armada (the highest rank of the Portuguese Royal Navy) before his retirement one year prior to his death in 1905.

Colonial and diplomatic career

The 1stCount of Paço d'Arcos had a notable colonial career throughout the

Siam
.

Civil Governor of Lisbon

As Governor of

republican revolution of 5 October 1910. The Count of Paço d'Arcos, in his role as Governor and commander of the police in Lisbon, fulfilled his duty without hesitation, ordering the police to use force, which led to his vilification by the republican press of the time.[8]

Promotion to "Grande do Reino"

Because of his service to the

Earl in Britain
). His only son Henrique was, like his father, a distinguished naval officer and colonial ruler.[10] Because of his beliefs and because of the republican revolution implanted by force of arms in 1910, he never claimed officially (encartar) the title of Count of Paço d'Arcos which nonetheless passed on to his eldest surviving son – also named Henrique.

Other achievements and distinctions

The Count of Paço d'Arcos was also a member of

Aide-de-Camp
to the King (Ajudante de Campo d'el rei).

Other distinctions held:

References

  1. ^ Titles of nobility bestowed respectively by decrees of King Luís I of Portugal on 23 January 1874, and King Carlos I of Portugal on 13 October 1890
  2. ^ Including the Quinta da Terrugem"Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). With the Napoleonic invasions of Portugal, most of their wealth was lost to the invading French troops. "Missão Diplomática do Conde Paço d'Arcos no Brasil – 1974", preface pp. XXII-XXIV
  3. caravels depart for India."Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link
    )
  4. ^ "Missão Diplomática do Conde Paço d'Arcos no Brasil – 1974", preface pp. XXIV-XXX
  5. ^ "Vice-Reis e Governadores da Índia Portuguesa – 1999", pp. 318–319
  6. ^ "Brasil - Titulares". Instituto Diplomático do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (in Portuguese). Foreign Affairs Ministry of Portugal (idi.mne.pt). 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Missão Diplomática do Conde Paço d'Arcos no Brasil – 1974"
  8. ^ This is clearly seen in the accusations of Basilio Teles in his "Do Ultimatum ao 31 de Janeiro (1905)". This schoolteacher was a member of the Portuguese Republican Party and allegedly also of the Carbonária, having been exiled for his involvement in the uprising of Porto in 1891. He accused the Count of Paço d'Arcos of being an homme à poigne of the Crown and of being a sabreur.
  9. nobles
    .
  10. U-boats off the coast of Cape Verde
    during World War I.

Sources
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