Custódio José de Melo (9 June 1840 – 15 March 1902) was a Brazilian admiral and

monarchist Monarchism is the advocacy of the system of monarchy or monarchical rule. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government independently of any specific monarch, whereas one who supports a particular monarch is a royalist. C ...

politician. He led the Brazilian fleet in two naval revolts in 1891 and 1893 in opposition to the authoritarian and dictatorial

First Brazilian Republic The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic (, ), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, was the Brazilian state in the period from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the coup d'état that deposed ...

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Relatório apresentado ao Vice-presidente da República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil pelo Ministro de Estado dos Negócios da Marinha, contra-almirante Custódio José de Melo, May 1892
(Portuguese)

(Portuguese) 1840 births 1902 deaths Ministers of foreign affairs of Brazil Brazilian admirals Brazilian monarchists Politicians from Salvador, Bahia {{Brazil-politician-stub