Captain William Walpole intercepting the ships of the Duke of Saldanha, 16 January 1829, during the Liberal Wars in Portugal of 1828 to 1834
Illustration by William Heysham Overend (1851-1898) from a history of England published in 1906. Captain William Walpole prevented the landing of supporters of Queen Maria II on Terceira Island, during the Liberal Wars in Portugal of 1828 to 1834. A public scandal over Britain interfering broke afterwards as England was seen as breaching their declared neutrality in the war.
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