D. Vitório Maria Francisco de Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de Andrade Barbosa, second Count of Linhares

Counts and Dukes of Linhares

Count of Linhares was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree of king John III of Portugal dated from May 13th, 1532, and granted to Dom António de Noronha, 2nd son of Pedro de Menezes, 1st Marquis of Vila Real.This family went to live in Spain and remained faithful to the Spanish...

 (Turim, 25 June 1790 – 29 July 1857) was a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 Prime Minister

Prime minister

A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...

 and a military man.

He took part in the campaigns in Rio da Prata and in 1817 was nominated Extraordinary Envoie and Minister at Turim. In 1835 he took part of the ministry, being in charge of the Navy

Navy

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. In May, he became the second Portuguese Prime Minister. He was part of the Câmara dos Pares and he married D. Catarina Juliana de Sousa Holstein.