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Manuel de Sousa Coutinho
Manuel de Sousa Coutinho

14th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1578–1583
Monarchs	Sebastian of Portugal Henry, King of Portugal Philip I of Portugal
Preceded by	Fernando de Albuquerque
Succeeded by	João de Correia de Brito

Personal details
Born	1540
Died	1591

Manuel de Sousa Coutinho (1540–1591) was the 14th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Coutinho was appointed in 1578 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1583. He was succeeded by João de Correia de Brito.

References

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

Government offices
Preceded byFernando de Albuquerque	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1578-1583	Succeeded byJoão de Correia de Brito

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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
Captain-generals (1594–1658)	Sousa Azevedo Meneses Homem Pereira Noronha Albuquerque Noronha Mascarenhas Almeida Castro Almeida Castro Mascarenhas Mascarenhas Homem Castro Coutinho Meneses