Samuel Fisher Lafone

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Samuel Fisher Lafone (Liverpool, 1805 – Buenos Aires, 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]

His name is closely linked to the development of La Teja neighbourhood (today there is a square devoted to him).^[3]

He was a decisive promoter of the creation of the Anglican Holy Trinity Temple in Montevideo.^[4]

References

↑ Alba Mariani: La familia y las empresas de Samuel Fisher Lafone. 1805-1871. (Spanish)
↑ History of Brenton Loch
↑ Samuel Lafone y la historia de La Teja (Spanish)
↑ Holy Trinity Church

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Name	Lafone, Samuel
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Date of birth	1805
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Date of death	1871
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