Manuel de Sousa Coutinho

Manuel de Sousa Coutinho

14th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1578–1583
Monarch	Sebastian of Portugal Henry, King of Portugal Philip I of Portugal
Preceded by	Fernando de Albuquerque
Succeeded by	João de Correia de Brito
Personal details
Born	1540
Died	1591

Manuel de Sousa Coutinho (b. 1540 - d. 1591) was the 14th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Coutinho was appointed in 1578 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1583. He was succeeded by João de Correia de Brito.^[1]

References

↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Captains-major". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

Government offices
Preceded by Fernando de Albuquerque	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1578-1583	Succeeded by João de Correia de Brito

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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