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 (where today a square is named for him).[3]
He was a decisive promoter of the creation of the Anglican Holy Trinity Temple in Montevideo.[4]
He died in Buenos Aires.
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