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Theodorico César de Sande Pacheco de Sacadura Botte (Quinta da Bica, Portugal, October 31, 1902 - Maputo, Mozambique, November 18, 1987), commonly known as Theodorico de Sacadura Botte,〔 〕 was a Portuguese colonial administrator and entrepreneur.〔 〕 Born into a Portuguese rural aristocratic family, Sacadura Botte left Lisbon and moved to the Portuguese African Overseas in the wave of State takeover of the colonial administration from the British-owned private companies it was formerly commissioned to. After many years as a colonial administrator, and having been Administrator of two different districts, as well as Chief of Cabinet of the Governor of Mozambique, he became an entrepreneur and businessmen, with strong interests in international trade, real estate, horticulture and agriculture. After the fall of the Portuguese authoritarian regime known as Estado Novo, all Portuguese overseas territories in Africa were granted independence. Most of the political factions that took over these new countries were marxist guerilla movements, which started a wave of nationalization of properties and businesses, as well as, in many cases, persecution of Portuguese nationals. Although Sacadura Botte saw most of his property taken or destroyed and most of his family and friends exiled, he remained in Mozambique and acknowledged the new regime, thus earning the respect of the new leaders and of the Mozambican people, who mostly left him in peace. This was also, in all likeliness, fueled by the fact that he was considered a just and kind governor by the people under his rule in both his jurisdictions.〔 In his final years, he wrote a memoir, titled "Memórias e Autobiografia: 24 anos em Portugal e 60 em Africa" (Memoirs and Autobiography: 24 years in Portugal and 60 in Africa), which told his life story and is considered by many to be a great instrument of insight into the final years of the Portuguese Overseas Empire, as well as an interesting account of most of the 20th century through the eyes of a member of the last generation of Portuguese colonialists. Theodorico de Sacadura Botte died in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, on November 18, 1987, aged 85. ==Early life and departure to Africa== Sacadura Botte was born on 31 October 1902 at the family manor of Quinta da Bica, in Seia, Portugal, near Serra da Estrela.〔 He was the fifth and last son of João Pacheco de Sacadura Botte, 8th Lord of the Bica House and Estate, and Maria da Ascenção Mendes de Oliva, second daughter of the Lords of Ponte Pedrinha. His father was a magistrate, landowner and winemaker, as well as a monarchist politician and candidate for the Beira region. As a young boy, Theodorico lived through the fall of the Portuguese Monarchy, much to the dismay of his traditional, Catholic and monarchist family, and helped his father in his campaign as monarchist candidate to the government of the region where they lived in Portugal, albeit unsuccessfully. He started his studies in Coimbra, and then studied Business and Economical Sciences, at the "Instituto Superior de Comércio" in Lisbon. After finishing his studies, he considered the diplomatical career, but could not follow this idea due to the republican nature of the Portuguese regime at the time, with which he profoundly disagreed. For the following two years, he ran the agricultural production of his father’s estate. Afterwards, and giving up the idea of joining the diplomatic corps, he was invited by his good friend José de Moura Forjaz de Gusmão, then manager of the “Sociedade Colonial de Tabacos”, the Portuguese Colonial Tobacco Society, to move to Africa on a three-year commission, as a bookkeeper for that same company. Accepting the invitation, and against his family’s wishes, Sacadura Botte left for the Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe, boarding the “Angola” steamship, in Lisbon, on May 31, 1926. It was also during his early years that Sacadura Botte developed many of the interests that would accompany him through life. He discovered his favourite sports, horse-riding and hunting, early in life, being initiated into both in his family's estate. He also had his first close contact with silviculture, which went on to become a later years passion, in one of his maternal family's estates, Quinta do Outeiro, where his maternal grandfather, Theodorico César Mendes de Oliva, created a well known botanical garden known as "Bussaquinho". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theodorico de Sacadura Botte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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