António de Sousa Coutinho

António de Sousa Coutinho

18th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1655–1656
Monarch	John IV of Portugal
Preceded by	Francisco de Mello e Castro
Succeeded by	António de Amaral de Meneses
Personal details
Died	1668

António de Sousa Coutinho was the 18th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. Coutinho was appointed in 1655 under John IV of Portugal, he was Governor until 1656. He was succeeded by António de Amaral de Meneses.^[1]

References

↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Governors". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

Government offices
Preceded by Francisco de Mello e Castro	Governor of Portuguese Ceylon 1655-1656	Succeeded by António de Amaral de Meneses

Governors of Portuguese Ceylon →

Captains (1518–1524)	Silveira Brito Lemos

Captain-majors (1551–1594)	Henriques Coutinho Eça Carvalho Lacerda Baroche Sousa Inferno Melo Monroy Coutinho Noronha Albuquerque Coutinho Brito Brito Pereira

Governors (1594–1658)	Sousa Azevedo Meneses Homem Pereira Noronha Albuquerque Noronha Mascarenhas Almeida Castro Almeida Castro Mascarenhas Mascarenhas Homem Castro Coutinho Meneses*

* in Jaffna

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