[1] Bastos was born to Pedro Joaquim de Bastos, Fidalgo Cavaleiro da Casa Real (a Portuguese knighthood and title of nobility received on 30 April 1794), and his wife Ludovina Gertrudes de São José e Melo.

[2][3] He was received a title by king Louis I of Portugal under a decree of May 18, 1863 and was made Visconde (Viscount) de Bastos.

He fought in the Peninsular War and was decorated and was injured in Nivelle, he was one of the most bravest cooperators of a great work by the Duke of Bragança.

He was a soldier of liberty, under the orders of Count of Vila Flor, took part in the contest of the Portuguese Civil War on 11 August 1829.

He died in Angra do Heroísmo in Terceira Island on 2 September 1881, then the main city of the Azores.