Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Military Engineer Person An individual. Birth Date 1821-06-10 Birthplace On board of the ship “Rainha de Portugal” (Between Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon) Death Date 1875-12-20 Training Institution Military School, Portugal Occupation Civil Engineer Politician Biographical Text Sebastião do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas was born on June 10, 1821, on board of the ship “Rainha de Portugal”. He was the son of D. Carlota Joaquina Mascarenhas Mancellos Valdez and her husband, Francisco José do Canto and Castro Mascarenhas, an important admiral in the Peninsular War. He married Maria Margarida Stockler Salema Garção, with whom he had a daughter, Maria da Graça do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas. He was an officer in the Portuguese Army, being on of his biggest achievements becoming major in the General Staff Corps. He retired in 1873 in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In the political sphere he was closely connected to the Reformist Party, having been a prominent member. He held the positions of Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Industry of the 28th government of the Constitutional Monarchy, Civil Governor of the city of Porto, General Administrator of the House of Bragança and the honorary position of Minister of State. However, Sebastião do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas also played an important role in the first years of the Railways in Portugal, having been one of the main fiscal engineers of the railway lines. Throughout his career he always maintained a close connection to the railway sector. After attending the Military School, which he entered in 1833, he was employed as an engineer in the geodesic works of the Azambuja channels in 1846. He was at the side of the Junta de Santarém in the uprising against the Cabralist government that same year. Following Maria da Fonte's revolution, he joined the Civil War in Patuleia, having been arrested in Lisbon and released at the end of the war. Between 1850 and 1852 he was part of a commission to carry out important works on the Tagus river. From then on, and until 1859, he began to be linked to the railways. He started out as a fiscal engineer on the railroad from Lisbon to Santarém, and later became head of exploration, administrator of the works and member of the administrative commission for the entire Eastern Line. Successively he accumulated the positions of director and inspector of the Northern, Eastern and Southeastern railways. In 1862, he directed the exploration of the Barreiro to Vendas Novas line when the government bought the railroad from the contracting company. In 1864 he was part of a commission that went to London to sell the Southern Railway. He was appointed Director General of Telegraphs in 1867, without releasing his duties as a fiscal engineer for the exploitation of railway lines. A year later he would be relieved of his duties to assume the post of Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Industry in the government of António José de Ávila, following the Janeirinha revolution in 1868. Although he held the position for a short period of time, he took the opportunity to discuss topics such as the reform of the kingdom's telegraphs, simplifying the service and making considerable savings for the state. In 1869 he held the office of the Civil Governor of Porto, a position he would eventually abdicate to become administrator of the house of Bragança. A few years later, as a result of the previous role, he would assume the position of administrator of the royal house. At last, by a decree of November 30, 1864, he was made commander of the Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Vila Viçosa. He was also a member of the Association of Portuguese Civil Engineers. Sebastião do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas died on December 20, 1875. Bibliography ABRAGÃO, F. (1959). No Centenário dos Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal. Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro, Nº1714, pp. 201-204. PINHO LEAL, A. (1876). Portugal Antigo e Moderno. Volume VII. Lisboa, Mattos Moreira & Companhia. MOURA, M. (2018). Introdução da cultura do chá na Ilha de S. Miguel no século XIX (subsídios históricos). PhD Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade dos Açores. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sebastião do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Military Engineer, Sebastião do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas Description An account of the resource Sebastião do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas Profile Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro PINHO LEAL, A. (1876). Portugal Antigo e Moderno. Volume VII. Lisboa, Mattos Moreira & Companhia. MOURA, M. (2018). Introdução da cultura do chá na Ilha de S. Miguel no século XIX (subsídios históricos). PhD Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade dos Açores. 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