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Afonso Pereira de Lacerda

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Afonso Pereira de Lacerda

5th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1555–1559
Monarchs	John III of Portugal Sebastian of Portugal
Preceded by	Fernão Carvalho
Succeeded by	Jorge de Meneses Baroche

Afonso Pereira de Lacerda was the fifth captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Lacerda was appointed in 1555 under Sebastian of Portugal. He served as captain-major until 1559. He was succeeded by Jorge de Meneses Baroche.

References

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

Government offices
Preceded byFernão Carvalho	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1555-1559	Succeeded byJorge de Meneses Baroche

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