He was the first of six children and son of Geraldo Venceslau Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo-Branco, 4th Lord jure uxoris and 1st Baron of Sobral, 2nd Lord and of the Majorat of a Luz, of the Counsel of Queen Maria I and King Peter III, Deputy of the Board of Commerce, Commander of the Order of Christ and 1st Baron of Sobral by Decree of 14 May 1813 of Prince Regent John, who succeeded his mother in the Majorat of Luz, and wife, married on 20 February 1773, Joana Maria da Cruz Sobral, 4th Lady of the Village of Sobral de Monte Agraço, 4th Lady and Administrator of the Majorat of Sobral and Chief of the Name and Arms of da Cruz Sobral, of Italian maternal descent, who succeeded her brother Sebastião António da Cruz Sobral, 3rd Lord of Sobral and 3rd Lord of the Majorat of Sobral, Chief of the Name and Arms of da Cruz Sobral, Alcaide-Major of Freixo de Numão, Nobleman of the Royal Household, of the Counsel of Queen Maria I, Commander of the Order of Christ, Alderman of the Senate of the Chamber of Lisbon, Counselor of the Royal Treasury, Fiscal of Public Works.
Life and political career
in Law from University of Coimbra, he was 5th Lord of Sobral de Monte Agraço and 5th Lord of the Majorat of Sobral, succeeding his mother, who ceded them to him in 1806, and 3rd Lord of the Majorat of a Luz, succeeding his father on 6 July 1828. He enlisted as Captain in the CavalryRegiment of the Pier of Lisbon on 30 September 1796, for having presented a Cavalry Company at his own expense, which became adstricted to the same Regiment, and had leave from the service on 3 March 1803. , depicting Hermano José Braamcamp. The painting was commissioned to adorn the Hall of Sessions of the Portuguese Parliament. He took an active part in the liberal politics and was appointed, after the Liberal Revolution of 1820 in Porto as a Member of the Provisional Regency of the Government of the Realm, then instituted. Withdrawn in 1823 from the public businesses, after the Vilafrancada he returned to the political activity when, in 1826, the Constitutional Charter was sworn, under the Regency of Infanta Isabel Maria of Portugal, becoming part, as 24th Secretary of State of the Treasury Affairs or Minister of the Treasury, of a constitutional government, in which Saldanha was Minister of War. Miguel's coup, proclaiming himself King, withdrew him again from politics. In 1833, after the victory of the liberal forces, he was appointed Member of the Commission created to take knowledge in charge of the study of the state of the consolidated external debt, etc., on 18 July 1838. He also became a Peer of the Realm in 1835, Honorary Minister and Counselor of State and Commander of the Order of Christ. The title of Baron was renewed to him by Decree of 3 March 1824 of John VI during his father's lifetime, and was raised to Viscount, with Grandee status, by Decree of 14 September 1838 and then to Count by Decree of 13 December 1844, both of Maria II. He owned a palace at the Largo do Calhariz and a farm on a Luz. His coat of arms was quartered, on the first de Narbonne, on the second de Almeida, on the third Castelo-Branco and on the fourth patterned of da Cruz Sobral and Braamcamp, with a crest of de Narbonne and a coronet of Duke. Motto: Labor vincit aerumnas.
Marriage and issue
He married at Agen on 17 February 1806 Louise Amable Rion Françoise de Narbonne-Lara, Dame of Honour of Her Majesty Queen Maria II, first-born daughter of Louis Marie Jacques Amalric, comte de Narbonne-Lara and Adélaïde Marie de Montholon, and had issue, two daughters:
Maria Luísa Braamcamp Sobral de Almeida Castelo-Branco de Narbonne-Lara, married in Lisbon, Carnide, 14 September 1834 to António José de Melo Breyner Teles da Silva, 3rd Count and 2nd Marquess of Ficalho, 160th Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword, son of the 5th Lord and 2nd Count and the 1st Marchioness and 1st Duchess of Ficalho and brother of his sister in law's husband, and had two sons
