Chamber of Most Worthy Peers
The Chamber of Peers of Portugal, alternatively translatable as the House of Lords and formally styled the Chamber of the Most Worthy Peers of the Realm (Portuguese: Câmara dos Pares or Câmara dos Digníssimos Pares do Reino), was the upper house of the Cortes Gerais, the legislature of the Kingdom of Portugal during most of the constitutional monarchy period. Members of the Chamber were Peers of the Realm, appointed directly at the pleasure of the Portuguese monarch.
Chamber of the Most Worthy Peers of the Realm Câmara dos Digníssimos Pares do Reino | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Upper house of the Cortes Gerais |
| History | |
| Founded | 1826 |
| Disbanded | 1910 |
| Leadership | |
First President (Lord Speaker) of the Chamber | Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo, 6th Duke of Cadaval |
Last President (Lord Speaker) of the Chamber | Gonçalo Pereira da Silva de Sousa e Menezes, 3rd Count of Bertiandos |
| Seats | 90 |
| Meeting place | |
| São Bento Palace Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal | |
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