sentences:  He would once again return to politics when in July 1833, Lisbon was taken by the liberal troops, commanded by the First Duke of Terceira.In 1834, with the onset of the liberal regime, he was raised to peerage, by royal decree of 1 September 1834.He was appointed as vice-president of the council on 25 September and began to preside over the sessions due to the Duke of Palmela's sickness.