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Samuel Fisher Lafone | |
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Born | 1805 Liverpool, United Kingdom |
Died | April 30, 1871 (aged 65-66) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Occupation | businessman |
Spouse | María Fligia de Quevedo y Alsina |
Children | Samuel Alejandro Lafone Quevedo Hope Lafone Quevedo Guillermo Lafone Quevedo |
Samuel Fisher Lafone (Liverpool, 1805 – Buenos Aires, April 30, 1871) was a British-born Uruguayan businessman.
Lafone developed an important economic activity in Montevideo and Argentina.[1] He established a settlement at Hope Place on the southern shores of Brenton Loch, Falkland Islands, in 1846.[2] He was also responsible for the planning of the neighborhood of La Teja with the government of Montevideo.[3]
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