António Egas Moniz and the Viscount of Ribeira Brava, among others, Ameal avoided arrest, having managed to escape to Galicia disguised as a campino; a detailed plan for the intended coup was however found among his papers, testifying to his prominence in the plot. In a later interview to the Spanish periodical La Voz de Galicia, he reminisced about his involvement in the attempted revolution, acknowledging that he had hosted the conspirators in his property and given them a key to the premises of the elevator. He did not, however, elaborate on the extent of his participation in the tentative coup d'etat. Later life Ameal remained in Spain after the dismantlement of the Elevador conspiracy, and only resumed his political career upon the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on 5 October 1910. His later public life was developed under the auspices of the First Portuguese Republic. However, he eventually became disillusioned with the new regime's instability, and by the early 1930s he welcomed the dawn of Salazar's authoritarian Estado Novo – of which his son João Francisco de Barbosa Azevedo de Sande Ayres de Campos, later 3rd Count of Ameal, was one of the leading ideologues. He was killed alongside his wife in a car accident in Ota, near Lisbon, in 1952., and is buried in the monumental Gothic Revival mausoleum of the Counts of Ameal in Coimbra's Conchada cemetery. He was succeeded in his titles by his only son, a prolific author and a committed monarchist. References See also Municipal Library Elevator Coup Progressive Dissidence José Maria de Alpoim João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos, 1st Count of Ameal João Ameal 1877 births 1952 deaths People from Coimbra Portuguese diplomats Progressive Party (Portugal) politicians Portuguese revolutionaries University of Coimbra alumni