António Sebastião Spínola

António Sebastião Spínola (Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, July 13, 1875 [Baptised in Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, on August 2, 1875.] – Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, March 19, 1956), was a Inspector General of Finances and Chief of Cabinet of the Finance Minister Professor Oliveira Salazar and afterwards of Finance Minister Professor João Pinto da Costa Leite, 4th Conde de Lumbrales, Councilor and Administrator of the "Fundação da Casa de Bragança", etc.

He was the oldest child and son of António Sebastião Spínola, born in Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, March 2, 1845 [Baptised in Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, March 17, 1845.] , a natural son recognised on January 7, 1853, landowner in the Island of Madeira, and wife (m. Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, May 18, 1874) Maria José da Silva, born in Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, October 18, 1854 [Baptised in Madeira, Machico, Porto da Cruz, March 19, 1855.] , also a natural daughter.

He married firstly in the Island of Madeira, Funchal, São Pedro, on September 6, 1902 Maria Gabriela Alves Ribeiro, born in Madeira, Funchal, São Pedro, June 14, 1884 [Baptised in Madeira, Funchal, São Pedro, July 13, 1884.] , daughter of Francisco Antonio Rivera y Amigo (b. Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Santiago de Covelo, 1855), a Galician merchant in Funchal where he lived, and wife (m. Madeira, Funchal, Sé, November 20, 1880) Virgínia Alves (b. Madeira, Funchal, Sé, 1860), also a natural daughter, by whom he had four children:
* Maria Emília Ribeiro Spínola (1905-Estremoz, Santo André, August, 1906 at age 16 months)
* António Sebastião Ribeiro Spínola (1910-1996), Portuguese President of the Republic
* Francisco Ribeiro Spínola (Almada, August 16, 1912 – Lisbon, 1994), married to Corina Flores Cabeça (b. Beja, December 2, 1916), from a branch of the Cabeza de Vaca family of Extremadura that went to Alentejo in the 1800s, and had issue
* Gabriela Ribeiro Spínola, who died a child

He married secondly Alice de Lemos de Araújo, without issue.

References

* "Fotobiografias do Século XX", Photobiography of António de Spínola, Círculo de Leitores.