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Luiz de Motta Feo e Torres

MOTTA FEO E TORRES, Luiz de (mot'-tah), Portuguese naval officer, born in Lisbon, 16 March, 1769: died there, 26 May, 1823. He entered the navy in 1786 as lieutenant, and served in Brazil He was given command in 1800 of a squadron of seven men-of-war, escorted a convoy of 114 vessels to Rio Janeiro, and afterward devastated the Spanish colonies of South America. In 1802 he was appointed governor of the province of Paraiba, in Brazil, and administered it with great efficiency till 1807, when he was sent to serve under Wellington in Portugal. In 181.1 he was appointed governor-general of the northern provinces of Brazil/, remaining there till 1816, when he became captain-general of Angola. Three years later he was given the presidency of the council for the colonies, and at his death he was a vice-admiral.

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