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Bayes, Arthur
B. |
manages Estancia
Kimire Aike (Punta Delgada) for the Patagonia Sheep Farming Company |
Betteridge, T.
C. |
interim vice-consul
in P.A.; rep. in Chile for "Cooper's Dip" |
Borger, Alex
H. C. |
manager of Maisson,
Lavelle Ltd |
Chamberlain,
Cecil A. |
manager of Williamson
& Cia |
Constandouros,
Mr. |
industrial expert,
agent for Morris Littlé Son, Ltd. |
Cook, H. A. E. |
manager of Casa
Vickery's |
Esdale, John
A. |
1911 arrived
Chile and P.A.; owner of La Puntarenense |
Fell, William |
administers Ea.
North Arm Ltd, owned jointly with Alexander Morrison |
Fenton Jorge,
Gustavo |
owns Ea.Casimiro
(Argentina) (managed by Arturo Fenton) |
Fenton Llarides,
Thomas (Dr) |
founder of family
in Chile; surgeon in Chilean army; arrived P.A. 1876; practiced 10 years
as doctor; 1882 established estancia that is now owned by family |
Fenton, Arthur |
son of Dr. Thomas
Fenton; living in Argentina; managing Ea. Casimiro belonging to Gustavo
Fenton Jorge |
Fenton, Magellan |
son of Dr. Thomas
Fenton; born P.A.; studied in England; 1898 returned to Chile; military
service; full-time rancher; 2-1/2 years in WW1, wounded, decorated;
returned to P.A. after war, reservist; member of 1st fire company, British Club, Club Hipico; owner of Fenton
Station |
Fenton, Thomas
Gerard (Dr) |
son of Dr. Thomas
Fenton; living in England |
Gallie, Andrew
N. |
Scot, 1904 arr.
Chile, worked for Sociedad Explotadora de
Tierra del Fuego, before setting up in P.A.; director of Soc. Anon.
Mercantil de la Patagonia |
Hayd, R. H. |
manages Estancia
Fah (Chile & Argentina) for the Patagonia Sheep Farming Company |
Hobbs, Ernest
H. |
director and
partner of Soc. Ganadera Gente Grande; director of Soc. Frigorifica
Puerto Sara; First Alcalde (Mayor) of the Junta de Alcaldes of P.A |
Hobbs, Percy |
owner of Casa
Vickery's |
Jacobs, Arthur
M. |
son of L. L.
Jacobs; present manager of La Casa Inglesa |
Jacobs, L. L. |
founder of La
Casa Inglesa, retired to Britain |
Jones, Tom P. |
manager of Frigorifico
Rio Seco |
Lethaby, Douglas |
1899 arrived
Chile; worked for Banco de Tarapaca y Londres; then G. & C. Kreglinger,
before setting up in P.A.; director of Banco de Chile y Argentina &
Soc. Frigorifica de P.A. |
Lethaby, P. H. |
merchant, founder
of Casa Lethaby; he and wife attend personally to shop's customers |
Merrick, A. (Captain) |
joined Pacific
Steam Navigation Company at age 12; rep. in Magallanes for last 4 years |
Morrison, Alexander |
Ea. Rio Penitente;
1893 concession of public lands; 1906 purchased lands in government
auction; owns Ea. North Arm Ltd jointly with William Fell (who administers
it); has 2 deer estates in Scotland (Ben Loyal & Rigigil, and Forest
of Kinloch), and an estancia in the Falklands |
Pye, Ronald H. |
manages Estancia
Condor (Argentina) for the Patagonia Sheep Farming Company |
Riesco, Arthur |
owner of Magellan
Times; British; enthusiastic sportsman and race-horse breeder |
Robins, Mr. |
at Estancia Otway
with Thomas Saunders |
Saunders, Thomas |
founder of the
industry; partner of Hamilton & Saunders |
Smith, W. H. |
manager Banco
Anglo Sud-Americano Ltda. |
Stirling, James |
administrator
of Ea. Morro Chico; Fenton Station (?), 1st prize Soc. Rural de Magallanes |
Townsend, F.
H. |
principal shareholder
of Townsend & Cia; 1899 opened trade between P.A. and London; 1899
founder director of British Assoc. of
Magallanes; 1907 founded Frigorifico Puerto Sara (San Gregorio);
wife + 3 sons |
Townsend, K.
H. |
reservist, returned
to P.A. after WW1 |
Wildman, Thomas
Beauchamp |
born 19 May 1888;
attended Sherborne school; 1912-1918 vice-consul Puerto Montt; since
29 Dec 1920 vice-consul in P.A. |
Woodburr, N.
J. |
deputy manager
Banco Anglo Sud-Americano Ltda. |
Banco Anglo Sud-Americano
Ltd |
manager W. H. Smith, deputy
manager N. J. Woodburr |
1920 office-bearers (see
link) |
|
Casa Lethaby |
1912 founded by P. H. Lethaby
and Riesco; 1915 sole owner Lethaby; corner of Pedro de Valdivia and
Magallanes |
Casa Vickery's |
founded 1908 |
Frigorifico Rio Seco |
built 1903; owned by The
South American Export Syndicate Ltd, 250-300 staff and workers |
G & C Kreghinger |
rep. in Patagonia (Arg.?)
for Thomas Saunders |
Giffen College |
founded 1914; director Mrs.
Giffen; started with 20 pupils, now over 100 |
Hamilton & Saunders Ltd |
founded 1883; operates in
Chilean and Argentine Patagonia; owns Ea. Morro Chico and La Portada |
La Casa Inglesa |
department store, founded
1895 by L. L. Jacobs, over 80 employees |
La Puntarenense |
ladies and gents clothing,
ready-made clothes; calle Bories |
Lethaby & Gallie |
accounting office and representation
of Estancias; est. 1912; P.A. at Pedro Montt 888 (Lethaby); rep. in
P.A. for Thomas Saunders |
founded 1914; originally
printed by Chile Austral; after Dec 1914 on own presses; circulation
1,000 copies in Chile and Argentina; raised funds during WW1, including
paying the passages of 120 men sent to England to join H.M's Forces;
likewise assisted reintegration of returnees after war, paying 14 days'
hotel accommodation in Buenos Aires while they searched for work. |
|
Maisson, Lavelle, Ltd |
founded 1920, fine clothing,
head office in London and Paris |
Morris Littlé Son,
Ltd. |
founded c1870 in Doncaster,
England; specialising in sheep dip and disinfectants; operating in P.A.
since 1902, at Calle Valdivia 782 |
Pacific Steam Navigation
Company |
in 1839, company sent its
first vessel (steamer "Chile") through the Strait of Magellan |
Patagonian Sheep Farming Co |
main office in London; owned
by the Waldron and Wood families |
Soc. Anon. de Tierras y Bienes
de la Patagonia |
founded 1903; owns Otway
Station (Chile); Punta Alta
(Arg.); owner? Thomas Saunders |
Soc. Gen. de Gente Grande |
Ernest H. Hobbs is director
and partner |
Sociedad Rural de Magallanes |
established to promote and
improve the sheep industry |
Townsend & Cia |
Punta Arenas; import and
general trade; rep. W Bain & Co Ltd, Coatbridge, wire and steel
posts; rep. Low & Bonar Ltd, Dundee, hemp and bags etc; rep. Rabone
Bros & Co, Birmingham, comerciantes y comisionistas; agent for insurance
cos. Lloyds of London and Commercial Union of London |
Waldron & Wood |
founded 1884-5; see Patagonian
Sheep Farming Co (1908) Ltd. |
William Cooper & Nephews |
specialists in sheep dip |
Williamson & Cia |
founded 1918, general import
/ export; represents Williamson, Balfour & Cia of Valparaiso |
Williamson, Balfour &
Cia |
represented in P.A. by Williamson
& Cia |