José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa

José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa
OSE
José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa OSE
Governor of Macau
	In office; 24 March 1894 – 12 May 1897
Preceded by	Custódio Miguel de Borja
Succeeded by	Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo
	In office; 12 August 1900 – 17 December 1902
Preceded by	Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo
Succeeded by	Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo
Governor of Portuguese India
	In office; 1907–1910
Preceded by	Council of Government of the State of India
Succeeded by	Francisco Manuel Couceiro da Costa
Personal details
Born	20 October 1858; Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
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José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa,

OSE (20 October 1858 – 21 September 1927), also known as José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa (de) Almeida e Vasconcelos, was a Portuguese soldier, politician, and diplomat. He was colonial Governor of Macau and India

.

He was the second son of Miguel António de Sousa Horta Almeida e Vasconcelos, 2nd Baron of Santa Comba Dão and his second wife, Maria da Glória da Costa Brandão e Albuquerque, sister of the 1st Viscount of Ervedal da Beira. He was born in Santa Comba Dão and died in Porto, Foz do Douro.

Career

Horta e Costa studied at the Escola do Exército and started his military career as an

circle

of Macau, where he returned in 1893 as 69th governor, taking office on 24 March 1894. He resigned on 12 March/May 1897 after a ministerial change and was granted a Letter of Counsel, becoming a Member of His Most Faithful Majesty's Counsel.

He was also an

Siam, where he met the Empress Dowager Cixi and Guangxu Emperor at the Forbidden City in Beijing; Emperor Meiji in Tokyo; and Chulalongkorn in Bangkok

, who decorated him.

In 1900 the Regenerator Party returned to power and the Counsilor Horta e Costa was again appointed on 12 August as the 71st Governor of Macau, where he conducted a military expedition. The mission was difficult and risky, and he received a Portary of Commendation. He then founded the Lyceum and made various improvements. He left office on 17 December 1902.

On 14 February 1907, as Chief of Cabinet of the President of the Ministry of

Mormugão and he was responsible for Campal Avenue, where he constructed roads with footpaths and planted trees. According to Goan historian Percival Noronha, the fact that he was an engineer by profession made a difference, and the amount of development work carried out by him in the four years of his rule was something "never done in hundreds of years".^[4]

He also had other plans which were not fulfilled during his regime. His government was marked by the Revolt of the Ranes, to which the simple arrival of a company of Landins was enough to overcome.

With the Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic he ended his term. A public

political rally elected Dr. Francisco Manuel Couceiro da Costa as the new governor, as required by the provisional government

. Horta e Costa embarked for his homeland without being molested and with the respect of all the population of India.

Avenida Horta e Costa, in Macau, is named after him.

Decorations

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
of Siam

Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain
Order of Aviz
Officer of the
Order of Saint James of the Sword
Silver Medal of Exemplary Behaviour
Many others

Family

He married Carolina Adelaide Pinheiro de Vasconcelos Silvano (18 April 1869 – Porto) on 12 April 1886, shortly before embarking to Macau, daughter of António Maria Silvano, then a Lieutenant Colonel of the Infantry Regiment of the Overseas, later

Brigadier General

and General of the Arm of Infantry, Knight and Officer of the Order of Aviz, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, etc., and his wife Carolina Xavier Pinheiro. They had three children:

Miguel Silvano Horta e Costa (Lisbon, Encarnação, 21 August 1898 – Porto, Foz do Douro, 31 March 1953)
Vera Maria Silvano Horta e Costa^[5] (Lisbon, 7 August 1904 – ?), unmarried and without issue; she lived with her brother Vasco
Vasco Silvano Horta e Costa (Lisbon, 18 March 1905 or 20 March 1906 – Porto, 11 April 2006)

Notes

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Memórias de África e do Oriente | Biblioteca Digital | Angola".
^ "'Republic of Portugal helped Goan Hindus' | iGoa". Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
^ Also known as Vera Maria de Sousa de Macedo Horta e Costa, Vera Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa Almeida e Vasconcelos, Vera Maria Silvano de Sousa de Macedo Horta e Costa or Vera Maria Silvano de Sousa de Macedo Horta e Costa Almeida e Vasconcelos.

Sources

Afonso Eduardo Martins Zúquete, Tratado de Todos os Vice-Reis e Governadores da Índia, Editorial Enciclopédia, Lisboa, 1962, p. 247
Afonso Eduardo Martins Zúquete, Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil, Volume Terceiro, p. 289
Albano da Silveira Pinto and Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena Farinha de Almeida Portugal Silva e Sousa, 1st Viscount of Sanches de Baena, Resenha das Famílias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal, Fernando Santos e Rodrigo Faria de Castro, 2.ª Edição, Braga, 1991, p. 517
Domingos de Araújo Affonso and Rui Dique Travassos Valdez, Livro de Oiro da Nobreza, J. A. Telles da Sylva, 2.ª edição, Lisboa, 1988, Volume III, p. 235
António de Vasconcelos, Brás Garcia Mascarenhas, Imprensa da Universidade, Coimbra, 1921, p. 157
Various, Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III, 1985, Tomo I, p. 854 and Tomo II, p. 1,048
José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa in a Portuguese Genealogical site

Preceded by Custódio Miguel de Borja	Colonial governor of Macau 1894–1897	Succeeded by Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo
Preceded by Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo	Colonial governor of Macau 1900–1903	Succeeded by Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo
Preceded by Council of Government of the State of India: Bernardo Nunes Garcia, César Augusto Rancon and Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira	Colonial governor of Portuguese India 1907-19010	Succeeded by Francisco Manuel Couceiro da Costa

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Memórias de África e do Oriente | Biblioteca Digital | Angola".

[4] "'Republic of Portugal helped Goan Hindus' | iGoa". Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

[5] Also known as Vera Maria de Sousa de Macedo Horta e Costa, Vera Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa Almeida e Vasconcelos, Vera Maria Silvano de Sousa de Macedo Horta e Costa or Vera Maria Silvano de Sousa de Macedo Horta e Costa Almeida e Vasconcelos.

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