António Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa


António Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa was a Portuguese nobleman, jurist, magistrate and politician.
He was the third son of Miguel António de Sousa Horta Almeida e Vasconcelos, 2nd Baron of Santa Comba Dão and second wife Maria da Glória da Costa Brandão e Albuquerque.

Career

He was a Bachelor graduated in Law from the University of Coimbra, Judge of Law in Portuguese Guinea, having served in the interim the offices of Governor-General and Secretary General of the Province of Mozambique and, as an effective, the one of Delegate of the Procurator of the Crown and Treasury of Inhambane and Mozambique, and the one of of the Council of Soure, later becoming Judge Counselor of the Supreme Court of Justice.

Family

He married firstly on 15 February 1885 Guilhermina de Carvalho da Costa Soares, daughter of Dr. Pedro da Costa Soares, Bachelor graduated in Law from the University of Coimbra, Captain-Major of the firm land of Mozambique, and Guilhermina Cândida da Costa Ferreira, without issue.
He married secondly on 22 November 1890 Dona Maria Luísa José de Jesus da Câmara, daughter of Dom Luís Maria da Câmara, of the Marquesses and Counts of Atouguia, and Francisca Gertrudes Vilar Ferreira, and had three children: