Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, Visconde de Balsemão ( 1735 - 1804 )

Birth: Leomil, Moimenta da Beira, Viseu, Portugal, Europe (27 November 1735) Death: Belém, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe (14 April 1804) Profession: Politician; colonial administrator Career: Governor of the captaincy of Mato Grosso, Brazil (1769-1772) resigned due to ophthalmia; Portuguese minister at the Court of Great Britain (1774-1788); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and War, Portugal (1788-1801); made Viscount of Balsemão (1801); Secretary of State for Internal Affairs of the Kingdom, Portugal - de facto Prime Minister (1801-1804); organized military hospitals; introduced a geodetical survey in Portugal Honours: Commander of the Order of Avis Membership: Fellow Election Date: 19/04/1787.