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The British Presence
in Southern Patagonia
The British Presence
in Southern Patagonia
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| Name | Duration | Business | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hunter y Cía. | shop | ||
| A. Plant | hotelier | Windsor Hotel | |
| A. W. Scott y Cía. | import-export; furniture and linens shop | Alfred William Scott  |
|
| A. W. Voice | hotelier | ||
| Alfred Dawkins | hotelier | ||
| Allan MacDonald | representation | ||
| Alvarez y Reid | active 1946 | industrial insurance | |
| Arthur Lilley | cinema | ||
| Buxton y Dick Ltda. | active 1946 | hide and fleece exporters | |
| C. Arnold & Co. | imports, representations | ||
| C. Constanduros | representation | ||
| Casa Jacobs | import, general store | founder L. L. Jacobs |
|
| Casa Vickery | early 1900s; active 1946 | gentleman's outfitter (British clothes) | owner George Vickery |
| C. A. T. Riesco | printer; English bookshop | ||
| Call MacGillivray | passenger transport | service to Río Gallegos | |
| Chapple y Cía. | imports, shop | ||
| Charles Bardin | hotelier | Hotel Comercio | |
| Charles Poole | hotelier | ||
| Charles Turnbull | hotelier | ||
| Charles Williams |
1888-? | general store, representation | oldest British trading house in Magallanes |
| Christopher Smith | hotelier | ||
| Club Hípico de Punta Arenas | active 1906 | horse-racing | |
| Colin MacLean | hotelier | Hotel Magallanes | |
| Correa y de Bruyne | general store | ||
| Coutts y Rajcevic | active 1946 | radio repair | |
| D. Jacobs | watchmaker and jeweller | ||
| David Duncan R. | active 1946 | import agents | |
| De Bruyne & Osenbrug | shipping line | Peter Adrian de Bruyne | |
| De Bruyne, Andresen y Cía. | whaling | ||
| Dick & Bravo | 1929-? | trading house | rep. for sheep ranchers; owners John Dick & Custodio Bravo |
| Dobrée y Cía. |
general merchandise shop | ||
| Douglas y Cía. | fat-rendering works | ||
| Douglas R. Lethaby | 1910-1913 | trading house | rep. for sheep ranchers Douglas-Esperanza, Reynard-Domange, Stanley-Wood (Ea. Monte Aymond); became "Lethaby & Gallie" |
| Duncan Fox | trading house | active throughout Chile | |
| Edward Spencer | hotelier | ||
| Elsa Lethaby | shop | ||
| Fundición Milward | 1915-1944, at least | workshop, iron and brass foundry | Charles A. Milward; works founded 1895 by Lion and Geissel; after Milward's death (1929?), his widow, Isabel Burns, continued operations. |
| George Hardy | bakery | ||
| G. P. Brown & Son, Ltd. | active 1946 | import agents | |
| Grand Hotel | active 1906 | ||
| Gustav Bragg |
hotelier | ||
| H. Gray | furs, local products, photographic studio | ||
| Hardcastle y Cía. | 1907-? | import house | |
| J. C. Robins | hotelier | Caledonian Hotel; Royal Hotel | |
| James Docherty |
hotelier | ||
| James Harrison | hotelier | ||
| John E. Esdale | drapery store | ||
| John Jackson | blacksmith | ||
| John Wattson | auctioneer | ||
| John White | hotelier | ||
| Jones y Cía. | telephone and telegraph service | The Magallanes Telephone Company; William A. Jones | |
| Lethaby y Gallie | 1913-1924 | represent interests of sheep farms; trade in wool and hides; export; agencies | 1913 D. R. Lethaby formed partnership with Andrew Gallie; 1921 rep. for Hamilton & Saunders; 1924 dissolved |
| Lilley & Nicol | hoteliers | Hotel Imperial | |
| Lloyd de Chile | active 1946 | insurance (fire, marine, risk??, racehorse) | |
| Maisson, Lavelle Ltd. | shop | ||
| Mary Bringley | shop | ||
| Needham & Chetwood Aiken | imports | ||
| P. H. Lethaby & Co. | import-export, representation | ||
| Philip Lethaby | varied merchandise shop | ||
| Percival Hobbs | gentleman's store | ||
| Pisano & Foggie | general store; provisons and foodstuffs | ||
| Reid & Reid | active 1946 | publishers' agents | |
| Richard Löhr y Cía. | sawmill | Richard Eugen Löhr |
|
| Simon Dunn | shop | ||
| Skirving y Cía. | heavy workshop; imports | John Skirving; partners Braun & Blanchard | |
| Soc. Rural de Magallanes | active 1921 | to promote and improve the sheep industry | |
| South American Export Syndicate Ltd. | active 1906 | meat freezer and canning works | |
| Stubbs & Co. | general goods shop | ||
| Sucesión Charles Williams | see Charles Williams | ||
| Tom C. Betteridge | representation | ||
| Townsend y Cía. | importers and general trade, representation, insurance agency | founder Frank. H. Townsend; 1921 agent for Lloyds of London and Commercial Union insurance, rep for W Bain & Co, Low & Bonar Ltd, Rabone Bros & Co | |
| Walter F. Dixon | customs agent | ||
| Walter Hardy | shop | ||
| Walter New | hotelier | ||
| Whait y Cía. | import-export house | ||
| William Cooper & Nephews | active 1920 | agent for "Coopers" sheep dip | manager: Allan M. McDonald / 1920 T. C. Betheridge |
| William Kinnaird | hotelier | Queen's Hotel | |
| Williamson & Balfour [Williamson y Cía.] | import-export, representation | ||
| Wilson, King & Co. | active 1946 | fire insurance | |
| Wood Brothers | shop |