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1755

D. Martinho de Melo e Castro was the Portuguese envoy to London from 1756 - 1762, and again from 1764 - 1769.  He commissioned the Cheere lead statues, which are now placed in the gardens of Queluz and the Presidential Palace of Belém.

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