Rogério de Faria

Sir Rogério de Faria (14 October 1770 — 15 March 1848) was a Portuguese-Brazilian businessman.

Early life Sir Rogério de Faria, also known as Sir Roger Faria, was a native of Chorão Island, son of Joao de Faria and Ana Maria D'Albuquerque e de Faria. The family migrated to Bombay, British India after epidemics in Chorão Island in 1775. A Goan Catholic in international business, he was a pioneer in the opium trade in China, long before the British thought of entering this branch of commerce.

Consul of Brazil in Bombay De Faria was known in Bombay and internationally as a "prince merchant". he accessed part of de Faria's business correspondence dating back to 1789–1830, involving dealings with the Mhamai Kamat House in Portuguese Goa. De Souza cited by Souza which Souza says "gives more details about the numerous progeny of Sir Roger than about him."

He lived out the rest of his life on a pension granted to him by his friend Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy.

Legacy Naresh Fernandes writes in Bombaywallah.org: "Gloria Church in Byculla, Bombay, now known as Mumbai, contains a memorial stone to an almost-forgotten Bombay character: the Goan opium trader Sir Roger de Faria." His children married into other prominent Luso-Indian aristocratic families and his descendants continue to play prominent roles in Mumbai's politics and entertainment industry.