Arthur Queiroz asked me a question on Facebook on June 16, 2011. He asked me if we had many famous people who were members of our family, and here is my answer:
We are descendents of the two most politically influential families in Brazilian history and they are the “Andrada and Silva” and the “Souza Queiroz” families.
Without José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva in its history, the country Brazil in its current form would not exist today. We can summarize José Bonifácio's importance to Brazilian history as follows: Without José Bonifácio's influence on Brazilian history, we would have instead four or five independent countries in South America where Brazil is located.
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June 16, 2011
Arthur Queiroz, to answer your question: Yes, we have a ton of famous people who were members of our family, the two most politically influential families in Brazilian history are the “Andrada Family” and the “Souza Queiroz” – The “Andrada Dynasty” in Brazil still is alive and well, and in the last 200 years we had more than 50 members of our family who were Regent of Brazil, Prime Ministers, Finance Ministers, Secretary of various branches of government, state Governors, Mayors, Attorney General, various Ambassadors, and so on. And today one of the branches of the “Andrada Family” still very active and influential, and various members are from Deputado Federal, to Mayors and so on…As you can see we had a very close family relationship between the “Andrada Family” and the “Souza Queiroz Family”.
Arthur, you can learn the history of
our family by reading the information on the following links:
Andrada a Family of Revolutionaries
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The Andrada Dynasty
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Friday, April 26, 2013
“The Brazilian Ruling Class”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Brazzil Magazine - January 2003
“The Brazilian Ruling Class”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Senator Vergueiro
became one of the 3 regents in Brazil in 1828
In a time of political crisis in Brazil Senator Vergueiro became one of the 3 regents in 1828 when D. Pedro I abdicated on behalf of his 5-year old son. And he requested to not be reappointed in 1832 as a regent, because he wanted to go back to manage his businesses.
Antonia Eufrosina Campos Vergueiro de Souza Queiroz, a daughter of Nicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro, a senator and regent, was my great great grandmother and she married the Barão de Souza Queiroz and had 13 children of which my great grandfather was the youngest.
Brazzil Magazine - July 2000
“The Greatest Man in Brazilian History”
http://www.brazzil.com/component/content/article/67-july-2000/6955.html
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The Andrada Dynasty
http://andradadynasty.blogspot.com/
Jose Bonifacio’s family relation to the Portuguese Royal Family
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You also can read about land rights in Brazil at:
Andrada a Family of Revolutionaries
…The landowners and property owners are the people who should be worried about because of the “Sem Terra” and the “Sem Teto.”
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Biography of my great/great grandfather:
Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva - (O Moço) / (The Young)
Note: The above five articles are about the members of my family in Brazil.
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Brazzil Magazine - February 2005
“Brazil, the Original Leader of the Americas – Part I”
http://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/20/1360-brazil-the-original-leader-of-the-americas--part-i.html
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Brazzil Magazine - February 2005
“Brazil, the Original Leader of the Americas – Part II”
http://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/20/1425-brazil-the-original-leader-of-the-americas--part-ii.html
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Souza Queiroz Family
You can learn more detail about the “Souza Queiroz Family” when you read my article:
Brazzil Magazine - January 2003
“The Brazilian Ruling Class”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
http://www.brazzillog.com/pages/p107jan03.htm
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Arthur, here is another famous members of our family, and what I wrote and posted on the Elite Trader Economics Forum at the time of his death in August of 2008, as follows:
Olavo Egydio Setubal, Chairman of Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA
August 28, 2008
SouthAmerica: I would like to send my condolences out to all immediate family members of Olavo Egydio Setubal.
Olavo Egydio Setubal was one of the great Brazilian Financiers and Entrepreneurs of our time.
The newspaper articles about Mr. Setubal have not mentioned that he was a senior member of one of the most influential families in Brazil.
Mr. Setubal was a great-grandson of Francisco Antonio de Souza Queiroz - the Barao de Souza Queiroz - and his grandfather was the oldest son of the Barao of Souza Queiroz – Francisco Antonio de Souza Queiroz Filho.
My grandmother’s father Carlos de Souza Queiroz also a son of the Barao of Souza Queiroz was the youngest brother of Francisco Antonio de Souza Queiroz Filho.
When the Barão turned 65 years old, he resigned of most of his corporate positions, and from then on he spent his time doing philanthropy. He founded in November 1874 a philanthropic organization named Associação Barão de Souza Queiroz de Proteção à Infâcia e à Juventude-Instituto Dona Ana Rosa. He set up this organization in such way that the organization was financially independent.
The greater part of the funding made available for the organization was invested in the purchase of real estate in central São Paulo. The income from the rental of these properties has supported the institute for the last 132 years. Throughout all this time, the association has been maintained by the Barão's descendants, now in the sixth generation. All members of the Board of Trustees of this organization always have been descendants of the Barão.
Even though this charitable organization has been helping thousands of children per year during all this time our family never liked any publicity about this organization, but The Institute Dona Ana Rosa came into the spotlight in 1999, when the organization received a cash prize and was ranked number 8 in the ranking of the 100 Best Run Charities of Latin America and the Emerging Countries.
And since that time The Institute Dona Ana Rosa has been ranked among the 100 Best Run Charities of Latin America and the Emerging Countries on a regular basis.
The reason I am bringing up this information it is because as a senior member of our family Olavo Egydio Setubal has been very involved with The Institute Ana Rosa and he has been providing his expert advice on many matters for a long time to this outstanding charitable institution and he will be missed very much by all the people who had the privilege to know Mr. Olavo Egydio Setubal.
Mr. Setubal was an extraordinary person in every way and he will be missed by all of us - "Rest in peace."
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