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Diogo de Melo

9th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1565–1568
Monarch	Sebastian of Portugal
Preceded by	Pedro de Ataíde Inferno
Succeeded by	Fernando de Monroy

Diogo de Melo was the 9th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Melo was appointed in 1565 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1568. He was succeeded by Fernando de Monroy.

References

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

Government offices
Preceded byPedro de Ataíde Inferno	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1565-1568	Succeeded byFernando de Monroy

v t e Captains of Portuguese Ceylon →
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

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