Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho

Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho (November 6, 1735 - April 14, 1804), was a Portuguese nobleman, the 1st Visconde de Balsemão (from 1801), who served as a colonial administrator as Captain-General of Mato Grosso in Colonial Brazil (1769-1772), a diplomat as Portugal's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James (i.e. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1774-1788), before ultimately becoming a Secretary of State, first of Foreign Affairs and War (1788-1801), and then Interior Affairs of the Kingdom (1801-1804).

Selected Bibliography

 * Memoria sobre a descripção physica e economica do logar da Marinha Grande. Nas Memórias Económicas, tomo V, pp. 257 a 277.
 * Egloga á morte de uma dama. Manuscrita.
 * Arte da guerra de Frederico II rei da Prussia, tradução em verso solto.