Francisco de Paula Bastos, 1st Viscount of Bastos

Francisco de Paula Bastos, Viscount de Bastos was a Portuguese noble, military and political figure.

Biography

Bastos was born to Pedro Joaquim de Bastos, Fidalgo Cavaleiro da Casa Real, and his wife Ludovina Gertrudes de São José e Melo.
He was the 76th colonial governor of Cape Verde between 1842 and 1845. He was received a title by king Louis I of Portugal under a decree of May 18, 1863 and was made Visconde ''de Bastos''. He was one of the figures who fought for the protection of Portugal's independence and freedom.
He fought in the Peninsular War and was decorated and was injured in Nivelle, he was one of the most bravest cooperators of a great work by the Duke of Bragança.
He emigrated to Plymouth through Galicia and later moved to Terceira Island in the Azores where he arrived on 7 March 1828.
He was a soldier of liberty, under the orders of Count of Vila Flor, took part in the contest of the Portuguese Civil War on 11 August 1829. His uniform of the general was decorated with medals that proved his bravery for the freedom and independence. He died in Angra do Heroísmo in Terceira Island on 2 September 1881, then the main city of the Azores.