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词条 José Celestino da Silva
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  1. Early life and career

  2. Governorship

  3. Later career

  4. Honours and awards

  5. References

     Notes  Bibliography 

  6. External links

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}}General José Celestino da Silva, {{post-nominals|list=GOIC, ComNSC}} (6 January 1849 – 10 February 1911) was a Portuguese Army officer and colonial administrator. Between 1894 and 1908, he was governor of the colony of Portuguese Timor.

Early life and career

Celestino da Silva was born in {{ill|Vilar de Nantes|pt}}, Chaves, Portugal, on 6 January 1849.{{sfn|Homem|2005}} He attended the School of the Army, from which he graduated in 1865 as best in class. In 1869, he was given the rank of ensign. In that capacity, he was assigned to Prince Carlos, later Carlos I of Portugal, and a friendship arose between the two. In 1875, he was promoted to lieutenant, and in 1883 to captain in the 2nd Lancers Regiment.{{sfn|Carvalho|2014|p=2}}

Governorship

In 1894, Celestino da Silva was appointed to the rank of Major, and as Governor of Portuguese Timor.{{sfn|Homem|2005}} Under him, the dominance of Portuguese rule in the colony was consolidated. In three major offensives launched in 1894-95, he carried on wars of pacification against certain kingdoms. He also draw up terms of vassalage with several native petty kings (Liurai), but even so, he had to quell various rebellions.{{sfn|Gunn|1999|pp=88-89}} Overall, he conducted more than 20 military actions during his tenure as governor.{{sfn|Durand|2011|p=5}}

From Celestino da Silva's point of view, future wars could only be prevented if the military, civilian officials and the missionaries did a good job. During his tenure, the finta tax, which had been levied in kind, was replaced with a poll tax.{{sfn|Durand|2011|p=6}}{{sfn|Durand|2016|p=67}} Celestino da Silva founded schools in various parts of the colony where the population was taught the basics of agriculture in order to apply them to coffee cultivation for export.{{sfn|Homem|2005}} He set up regular sea connections with Macau and Australia, and a colonial telephone network several hundred kilometres long. The swamps of Dili were drained, a water supply was established, and in 1906 a modern hospital was built.{{sfn|Durand|2016|p=68}}

However, Celestino da Silva also used his position as governor to enrich himself, both at the expense of the Portuguese state and at the expense of the Timorese inhabitants. He was either involved in, or the owner of, almost all private plantation companies that emerged for the first time in his reign. He also illegally provided these companies with Timorese forced laborers. In 1897, he established the Sociedade Agrícola Pátria e Trabalho (SAPT), which eventually acquired wide-ranging monopolies in the colony, and even after World War II was majority owned by his descendants.{{sfn|Gunn|1999|pp=105, 140}} Contemporary critics mockingly called him "King of Timor".{{sfn|Clarence-Smith|1992|p=4}}{{sfn|Gunn|1999|p=117}}

Only after Celestino da Silva's friend King Carlos I was assassinated in 1908 was the governor recalled. As it was feared that Celestino de Silva would not voluntarily vacate his post, his successor, {{ill|Eduardo Augusto Marques|de||pt}}, was accompanied by the Director General of Overseas, Captain {{ill|Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro|de||pt}}, who would arrest Celestino da Silva in an emergency. However, for health reasons Celestino da Silva had meanwhile appointed Captain {{ill|Jaime Viera da Rocha|lt=Jaime Augusto Viera da Rocha|de}} as acting governor, and had traveled with his wife to Australia. After he returned to Dili, he even offered his help to Marques, as Castro's father, General Joaquim Pimenta de Castro, was a friend of his.{{sfn|Schlicher|1996}}

Later career

On the trip home, Celestino da Silva's ill wife died.{{sfn|Schlicher|1996}} Following his return to Portugal, he was appointed as Commander of a Cavalry Regiment in Almeida. In 1910, after the proclamation of the Republic, he was promoted to the rank of General and placed in the reserve. He died on 10 February 1911.{{sfn|Homem|2005}}

Honours and awards

Celestino da Silva was a knight of the Order of Aviz and of the Order of the Tower and Sword. For his achievements on Timor, he was awarded the gold medal for military merit and the gold medal of Queen Amélie.{{sfn|Schlicher|1996}} In 1932, he was posthumously appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Colonial Empire. In the late 1950s, the Banco Nacional Ultramarino decided to issue new Portuguese Timorese escudo banknotes depicting Celestino da Silva's image to replace the previously circulating Portuguese Timorese pataca notes. The new banknotes began circulating in January 1960.{{sfn|Carvalho|2014|pp=1, 14}}

References

Notes

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}
  • {{cite web |last1=Carvalho |first1=Nuno Fernandes |title=Campanhas de pacificação nas emissões do BNU: Timor |trans-title=Peacebuilding campaigns on BNU issues: Timor |lang=pt |url=https://www.cgd.pt/Institucional/Patrimonio-Historico-CGD/Estudos/Pages/Campanhas-de-pacificacao-nas-emissoes-do-BNU-Timor.aspx |website=Caixa Geral de Depósitos |accessdate=21 November 2018 |date=September 2014 |ref=harv }}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Clarence-Smith |first1=W.G. |title=Planters and small holders in Portuguese Timor in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries |journal=Indonesia Circle |date=March 1992 |volume=57 |url=http://www.gov.east-timor.org/MAFF/ta000/TA051.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202205727/http://www.gov.east-timor.org/MAFF/ta000/TA051.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2010 |accessdate=27 November 2018 |ref=harv }}
  • {{cite web |last1=Durand |first1=Frédéric |title=Three centuries of violence and struggle in East Timor (1726-2008) |url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/fr/node/3028 |website=Violence de masse et Résistance - Réseau de recherche |publisher=SciencesPo |accessdate=27 November 2018 |location=Paris |date=14 October 2011 |issn=1961-9898 |ref=harv }}
  • {{cite book |last1=Durand |first1=Frédéric B. |title=History of Timor-Leste |date=2016 |publisher=Silkworm Books |location=Chiang Mai |isbn=9786162151248 |ref=harv }}
  • {{cite book |last1=Gunn |first1=Geoffrey C. |title=Timor Loro Sae: 500 years |date=1999 |publisher=Macau: Livros do Oriente }}
  • {{cite news |last1=Homem |first1=António Teixeira |title=General José Celestino da Silva |url=https://abemdanacao.blogs.sapo.pt/178293.html |accessdate=27 November 2018 |work=Notícias de Chaves |lang=pt |date=30 September 2005 |ref=harv}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Schlicher |first1=Monika |title=Portugal in Osttimor: Eine kritische Untersuchung zur portugiesischen Kolonialgeschichte in Osttimor 1850 bis 1912 |trans-title=Portugal in East Timor: A Critical Examination of Portuguese Colonial History in East Timor 1850 to 1912 |lang=de |date=1996 |publisher=Abera Verlag |location=Hamburg |isbn=3931567079}}
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External links

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