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Simão de Brito

16th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1590–1591
Monarch	Philip I of Portugal
Preceded by	João de Correia de Brito
Succeeded by	Pedro Homem Pereira

Simão de Brito was the 16th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Brito was appointed in 1590 under Philip I of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1591. He was succeeded by Pedro Homem Pereira.

References

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

Government offices
Preceded byJoão de Correia de Brito	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1590-1591	Succeeded byPedro Homem Pereira

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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