Person Coutinho; Luís Pinto de Sousa (1735 - 1804); Visconde de Balsemão Coutinho Luís Pinto de Sousa Le Chevalier de Pinto Luis Pinto de Luis Pinto Sousa Coutinho De Sousa Coutinho 1735 - 1804 Portuguese Male Leomil, Moimenta da Beira, Viseu, Portugal, Europe 27 November 1735 17351127 Belm, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe 14 April 1804 18040414

Politician; Colonial official Career: Governor of the captaincy of Mato Grosso, Brazil (1769-1772) resigned due to ophthalmia; Portuguese minister at the Court of Great Britain (1774-1788); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and War, Portugal (1788-1801); made Viscount of Balsemo (1801); Secretary of State for Internal Affairs of the Kingdom, Portugal - de facto Prime Minister (1801-1804); organized military hospitals; introduced a geodetical survey in Portugal Honours: Commander of the Order of Avis Fellow 19/04/1787 51 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Wikipedia; Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (second edition) rules for double barrelled and compound surnames 27 Nov 1735 - 14 Ap1804 NA2752 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/12/2025 RS_NET\louisianef Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/46270194 08be52fa-6ecf-49b2-939f-71aed3ec6258