José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (19 May 1814 – 10 December 1879) was a Portuguese noble and military figure and a colonial administrator.

Biography
He was born in Amarante near Porto, Portugal. He was the brother of Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses who was governors of Portuguese India and Cape Verde.

de Carvalho e Meneses was the 78th colonial governor of Cape Verde from 1864 to 1869. He succeeded Carlos Joaquím Franco. In January or February 1869, he was no longer governor, on March 29, 1869, he was succeeded by Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque. A few years later in 1874, he was governor-general of Mozambique for about three years, he succeeded José Manuel Crispiniano da Fonseca and was succeeded by Francisco Maria da Cunha.