Diogo de Melo

Diogo de Melo

9th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1565–1568
Monarch	Sebastian of Portugal
Preceded by	Pedro de Ataíde Inferno
Succeeded by	Fernando de Monroy

Diogo de Melo was the 9th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Melo was appointed in 1565 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1568. He was succeeded by Fernando de Monroy.^[1]

References

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

Government offices
Preceded by Pedro de Ataíde Inferno	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1565-1568	Succeeded by Fernando de Monroy

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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