[1] In 1780, he was promoted to capitão de mar e guerra and participated in the attack on Algiers, captaining the frigate Golfinho.

[1] Ten years later, received his last mercy: he was graced by the regent D. João, with the post of graduated chefe de esquadra.

[1] D. Tomás de Melo needed to deal with the growth of cotton cultivation, which dismantled the supply of staple foods in the captaincy, and faced a period of three years of severe drought, reducing the production of flour.

[5] He was dismissed by royal charter of 20 August 1798, and on 29 December 1798, he handed over the government to a junta, composed by the Bishop of Olinda, D. José Joaquim da Cunha de Azeredo Coutinho, chefe de esquadra Pedro Severim, Intendant of the Navy, and desembargador António Luís Pereira da Cunha, ouvidor-geral of the comarca.

[8] He did not get married, however he had two children in Pernambuco, when he was governor: D. Mariana Joaquina Rosa do Carmo and D. António José de Melo.