Teodoro Ferreira Pinto Basto

Teodoro Ferreira Pinto Basto (8 November 1839 – 14 March 1920) was a Portuguese businessman and politician who served as a mayor of Lisbon from 3 January to 8 June 1907.

Early and personal life Teodoro Pinto Basto was born in London on 8 November 1839, as the son of Francisca Nicholson and a man of the same name, who was the representative in London of the Companhia das Vinhas do Alto Douro, one of the many flourishing businesses from which the family prospered. He had six brothers, Eduardo, Carlos, Enrique, Gustavo, Alberto, and Augusto José. However, football and tennis were not the only English habits "imported" by the Pinto Basto family, since they also promoted horse racing and even founded Clube Equestre, which was presided by his father at some point before he died in 1884. In November 1895, the 56-year-old Pinto Basto narrowly won the Lisbon elections which elected fourteen deputies to the 1896–97 Legislature, doing so with 24,514 votes against the 24,482 of the runner-up Jacinto José Maria do Couto.

At some point in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Pinto Basto held the presidency of the Lisbon Commercial Association, and also became a member of the Administrative Committee of the Lisbon City Council. His name was sometimes misspelled as Theodoro.

Death Pinto Basto died in Lisbon on 14 March 1920, at the age of 80.