António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo

António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo (1778–1839) was a Portuguese plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. [1][2] While at the Congress he signed a number of treaties and documents on behalf of Prince Regent John of Portugal including the Declaration of the Powers, on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, on 8 February 1815.[2]

Notes

  1. Hogg 1973, p. 380.
  2. 1 2 Hansard 1816, pp. 200–201.

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