Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duke of PALMELA (1781-1850) Portuguese statesman and diplomat. L.A.S., Falmouth 27th September 1828, to the Earl of Aberdeen, Principal Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs; 3 pages in-4; in French. "Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, my August Sovereign, having just disembarked in this port, I hasten to inform Your Excellency of this event and to ask you to accept the thanks of Her Most Faithful Majesty for the distinguished reception which, in accordance with the orders of Her Britannic Majesty, the Military and Civil Authorities of Falmouth have given her. He is to deliver to His Majesty a "letter addressed by H.M. the Emperor of Brazil, in his capacity as guardian of his August daughter the Queen of Portugal, to His Majesty the King your August Master" .