Samuel Fisher Lafone

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

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