Portuguese nobleman
D. Pedro Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Sandomil (9 November 1670 – 3 August 1745), was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Viceroy of India from 1732 to 1741.
Early life
He was born on 9 November 1670 to D. Fernão Mascarenhas and D. Antónia de Bourbon.[1] He was commander of the Order of Christ and of the Order of Santiago.[1]
He fought at the War of the Spanish Succession at the rank of Mestre de campo general.[1]
Pedro was married with D. Margarida Juliana de Távora, widow of Francisco Barreto de Meneses, and daughter of the 2nd Count of São Miguel, D. Álvaro José Botelho de Távora.[1] He was made Count of Sandomil by royal charter of 12 March 1720.[1]
Viceroy of India
The Count of Sandomil was nominated Viceroy of India on 12 March 1732, sailing from Lisbon to Goa on 26 April, and he was sworn on 7 November.[1][2]
His government was effectively disastrous, because in 1739 he lost the Província do Norte (Northern Province), and in 1740 a Portuguese squadron was destroyed and captured by the Marathas.[1]
On 18 May 1741 he handed over the government to the Marquis of Louriçal and on 6 January 1742 he returned to Portugal, arriving in Lisbon in November of the same year.[1]
Later life
The Count of Sandomil died in Lisbon on 3 August 1745.[1][2][3]
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