Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama

Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama, Marquis of Baependi (8 September 1765 — 15 February 1847), was a Brazilian military officer, politician, translator, and professor.

Life He received a doctorate in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Coimbra.

Family He was the son of Nicolau Antônio Nogueira and Ana Josefa de Almeida and Gama. His brother José Inácio Nogueira da Gama married Francisca Maria do Vale de Abreu e Melo, baroness of São Mateus, generating from this union a son: , viscount with Nogueira da Gama grandeur. He was the grandson of , a trunk of the Nogueira family from Baependi, of which several Brazilian politicians belong. and Minister of Finance in several offices, even in the last of the reign of Dom Pedro I.

He rose to the rank of Field Marshal. Great of the Empire. He was an imperial councillor and nobleman-knight. He received the degrees of dignitary of the Imperial Order of the Cross, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Rose and commander of the Imperial Order of St. Benedict of Avis. He received the viscondado with greatness by decree of 12 October 1824 and the marquisate by decree of 12 October 1826. The title refers to the mining town of Baependi.