Baltasar Guedes de Sousa

Baltasar Guedes de Sousa

7th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1560–1564
Monarch	Sebastian of Portugal
Preceded by	Jorge de Meneses Baroche
Succeeded by	Pedro de Ataíde Inferno

Baltasar Guedes de Sousa was the 7th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Sousa was appointed in 1560 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1564. He was succeeded by Pedro de Ataíde Inferno.^[1]

References

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

Government offices
Preceded by Jorge de Meneses Baroche	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1560-1564	Succeeded by Pedro de Ataíde Inferno

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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