When the King of Portugal sent him, via the Portuguese ambassador, a service of gold plate, he returned it.

The Portuguese ambassador was recalled from Rome and the papal nuncio sent home in disgrace.

The Portuguese ambassador is really treated like a nonentity here, not really like a diplomat at all.

The Portuguese ambassador raised one dark brow.

In 1738, Melo received his first public appointment as the Portuguese ambassador to Great Britain.

In 1745, he served as the Portuguese ambassador to Austria.

The Portuguese ambassador proudly remarked that she was "totally without that meddling and activity in her nature".

The Foreign Secretary spoke to the Portuguese ambassador that morning.

From 1914 to 1931 he served as Portuguese ambassador to Brazil.

When he was ten years old he went to London, accompanying his father, who was, at the time, the Portuguese ambassador in England.