Monarch John V Succeeded by Jose da Camara Teles Died 1723
Lisbon Name Jose Camara | Preceded by Jose Rodrigo da Camara Constituency Sao Miguel Citizenship Kingdom of Portugal | |
Jose da Camara Teles (1712 in Lisbon – 1757 in Lisbon), member of the Azorean dynastic Goncalves da Camara family, he was son of Luis Manuel da Camara, third Count of Ribeira Grande and made 13th Donatary-Captain of the island of Sao Miguel following his father's death (who never received the title directly). An absentee captain, hew was forced to return to the island by the King.
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Early life
He was born in Lisbon in 1712, and educated in Paris, where his father was posted to the Corte of King Louis XIV
He married D. Margarida de Lorena e Tavora, daughter of the 2nd Count of Alvor, Bernardo Filipe Nery de Tavora and D. Joana de Lorena, in 1728.
They raised two children, a son died young, while their daughter Joana Tomasia da Camara, would become Countess of Ribeira Grande, who was forced to marry her uncle (Guido Augusto da Camara, brother of Jose Rodrigo da Camara).
Donatary-Captain
Jose Teles was master of a grand House, accumulated from the hereditary privileges of his grandfather and all the donatary captains, alcaldes, and commanders of the Order of Christ (including commander of the Port of Mujas and Port of Ervagens on the island of Sao Miguel). He became, consequently, the 11th Donatary-Captain, and 8th alcalde of the Fort of Sao Bras since 1724, at the time of his grandfather's death. Yet, he was reluctant to visit his captaincy, until the King, as a requirement of the municipal councils of the Kingdom, by royal proclamation on 8 March 1740, ordered him to Sao Miguel.
He returned to his ancestral home to find it insolvent, depleted from the expenditures of his father in France. He remained in Ponta Delgada for ten years, dedicating himself to the administration of his grandfather's factories in Ribeira Grande.
Later life
Jose da Camara Teles returned to Corte in 1752, obtaining the post of Colonel in the infantry, but died in 1757 (at the age of 45)