João da Silveira

João da Silveira

1st Captains of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1518–1518
Monarch	Manuel I of Portugal
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Lopo de Brito

João da Silveira (also known as João da Silva) was the first Captain of Portuguese Ceylon. Silveira was appointed in 1518 under Manuel I of Portugal. He was succeeded by Lopo de Brito.^[1]

References

Government offices
Preceded by Office created	Captain of Portuguese Ceylon 1518	Succeeded by Lopo de Brito

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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