Luís de Almeida Soares de Portugal, Marquis of Lavradio, governor of the colony of Brazil, born in Lisbon, Portugal 27 June 1729; died in Porto, Portugal 2 March 1790. He entered the Portuguese navy in 1747, and served in South America. In 1760 he became governor-general of Brazil, and during his administration of twenty years he greatly improved the colony. He developed the culture of indigo and rice, and introduced the first coffee-trees into the colony. In 1781 he was relieved of his command in Brazil and appointed vice-admiral.