Jacob Frederico Torlade
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Jacob Frederico Torlade | |
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| Born | Jacob Friedrich Torlade |
| Other names | Jacob Torlades |
| Occupations | Businessman and banker |
| Spouse | Maria Inácia Gonçalves |
| Relatives | Jacob Frederico Torlade Pereira de Azambuja |
Jacob Frederico Torlade (in German Jacob Friedrich Torlade) (his surname went on to use the spelling Torlades), was a Portuguese businessman who originally from Hamburg (and naturalized Portuguese on 23 July 1781). He was a son of Heinrich Torlade, businessman and Elisabeth Torlade, both born and living in Hamburg.[citation needed] His descendants included Jacob Frederico Torlade Pereira de Azambuja.
He was a businessman and a banker, connected to sea trading, Consul of the Hanseatic League Cities in Setúbal, founder and main manager of the Casa Comercial Torlades, Lord, by purchase, of the farm (quinta) of Machadas, in the parish of São Julião, term of Setúbal in 1815 to Botelho de Moraes Sarmento family (the oldest residential area, designated by Machadas de Baixo, which goes back to the 17th century).
On 25 May 1825, the farm was visited by King John VI of Portugal, accompanied by the Infanta Isabel Maria of Portugal and the Infanta Maria da Assunção of Portugal, and by the Court, being received and hosted by its proprietor, the below mentioned Carlos O'Neill, who had inherited the farm by marriage, with the crest of the O'Neill family placed over the door of the western front.[1]