Colonial heads of São João Baptista de Ajudá

List of Colonial Heads of Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá

Territory located in present-day coastal Benin

Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1680 to ????	Jacinto de Figueiredo e Abreu, Governor	Portuguese governor of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off... authorized to erect a fort in the city of Hweda
17?? to ????	Abandoned
1721 to 1730	Re-foundation of the fort as São João Baptista de Ajudá, under Brazil
1721 to 1730	Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor
1730	Under Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde
1730 to 1732	Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor
17?? to 1736	Manuel Correia da Cunha, Governor
17?? to 1743	João Basílio, Governor
17?? to 1746	Martinho de Cunha Barbosa, interim Governor
1746 to 1746	Francisco Nunes Pereira, Governor	Usurper
1746 to 1746	Francisco do Espírito Santo, interim Governor
1746 to 17??	Filipe José de Gouveia, Governor
17?? to 1752	..., Governor
1752 to 1759	Teodósio Rodrigues da Costa, Governor
1759 to 1760	António Nunes de Gouveia, interim Governor
1760 to 17??	Félix José de Gouveia, Governor
17?? to 1790	..., Governor
1790 to 1797	Francisco António da Fonseca e Aragão
April 1797 to ????	Manuel Bastos Varela Pinto Pacheco
???? to 1817	..., Governor
1817 to 18??	Francisco Felix de Sousa Francisco Felix de Sousa Francisco Felix de Sousa was a slave trader from Brazil of Portuguese origin. He has been called "the greatest Portuguese slave trader". Marketing slaves in the Dahomey region, now known as the Republic of Benin, he was known for his extravagance and reputably had at least 80 children and 1000... , Governor	1st Term
1844 to 1845	Joaquim José Libânio, Governor
1839 to 1845	..., Governor
1845 to 1847/1848	Francisco Felix de Sousa Francisco Felix de Sousa Francisco Felix de Sousa was a slave trader from Brazil of Portuguese origin. He has been called "the greatest Portuguese slave trader". Marketing slaves in the Dahomey region, now known as the Republic of Benin, he was known for his extravagance and reputably had at least 80 children and 1000... , Governor	2nd Term
1849 to 18??	Quaresma, Governor
1851 to 1851	Alferes Elerpech, Governor
1851 to 8 May 1858	Isidoro Félix de Sousa, subordinate Governor
1852 to 1853	João Justino da Costa, Governor
1853 to 1858	José Pinheiro de Sousa, Governor
1858 to 1858	Francisco Felix de Sousa Francisco Felix de Sousa Francisco Felix de Sousa was a slave trader from Brazil of Portuguese origin. He has been called "the greatest Portuguese slave trader". Marketing slaves in the Dahomey region, now known as the Republic of Benin, he was known for his extravagance and reputably had at least 80 children and 1000... , Governor
1858 to 1861	Abandoned
1861 to 1865	Ceded to French missionaries by the rulers of Dahomey Dahomey Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...
23 February 1865	Reclaimed by Portugal, under the governors of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...
1865 to 1868	José Maria Borges de Sequeira, Governor
1868 to 1869	Vital de Bettencourt de Vasconcellos Côrte-Real do Canto, Governor
1869 to ?1872	Abandoned
?1872 to 187?	António Joaquim, Governor
187? to 1878	Augusto Frutuoso de Figueiredo de Barros, Governor
1878 to 1879	Lourenço da Rocha, Governor
1879 to 1881	Lieutenant António José Machado, Governor
1881 to 1883	..., Governor
1883 to 1885	Lieutenant Fernando Gonçalves Fernando Gonçalves Fernando Moreira Gonçalves is a former Portuguese footballer. He played as forward.- External links :* * *... , Governor
1885 to 1885	Bernardo Francisco Luís da Cruz, Governor
1885 to 1885	Lieutenant José Gomes de Sousa, Governor
1885 to 1886	Lieutenant Francisco Rego, Governor
1886 to 1887	Major António Domingues Cortez da Silva Curado, Governor
1887 to 1888	Manuel Francisco Rodrigues Guimarães, Governor
1888 to 1888	Captain Vicente da Rosa Rolim, Governor	1st Term
1888 to 1890	Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos, Governor	1st Term
1890 to 1890	Carolino Acácio Cordeiro, Governor
1890 to 1893	Captain Vicente da Rosa Rolim	2nd Term
1893 to 189?	Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos, Governor	2nd Term
1897 to 1898	Lieutenant ... Campos Campos Campos is a popular surname in Portuguese speaking countries including Brazil... , Governor
1898 to ????	Lieutenant ... Nunes de Aguiar, Governor
1900 to 19??	Lieutenant António Mendes da Costa, Governor
19?? to 1905	Lieutenant João de Deus Pires, Governor
1905 to 1906	Joaquim Luís de Carvalho, Governor
1906 to 1909	..., Governor
1909 to 1911	Sebastião Lousada, Governor
1911 to 1911	Cândido João de Barros, Governor
1911 to 1912	Guilherme Spínola de Melo, Governor
1912 to 19??	..., Governor
19?? to 1928	Lieutenant Viriato Henrique dos Anjos Garcez, Governor
1928 to 1931	Captain Joaquim Sinel de Cordes, Governor
1932 to 1938	Captain Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor	1st Term
1938 to 1941	Captain José Pimenta Segurado de Avelar Machado, Governor
1941 to 1942	Jean-Louis Bourjac, Governor	Self-proclaimed; not recognized by Portugal
1942 to 1944	José de Vasconcelos e Sá Guerreiro Nuno, interim Governor	1st Term
1944 to 1946	Captain Carlos Alberto de Serpa Soares, Governor
1946 to 1946	José de Vasconcelos e Sá Guerreiro Nuno, Governor	2nd Term
1946 to 1951	Captain Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor	2nd Term
1951 to 1954	António João Teles Pereira de Vasconcelos, Administrator
1954 to 1956	Ernesto António Pereira Enes, Administrator
1956 to 1 August 1961	António Agostinho Saraiva Borges, Intendant
1 August 1961	Annexed by Dahomey Dahomey Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...
1975	Annexation gains Portuguese recognition

Sources

http://www.vdiest.nl/Africa/benin.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20050131222928/http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Sao_Joao_Baptista.html

List of Colonial Heads of Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá

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