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"Patagonian Panorama" -- Book by Tom. P. Jones
some British persons and firms mentioned by the author


Tom Jones, the author of these reminiscences, lived in Punta Arenas for 47 years, where he was a prominent member of the British community. As well as recording the highlights of his years in Patagonia, he provides some regional history, describes local British personalities and recounts numerous episodes in the lives of the expatriates.

Link to Firms

Persons

Aiken, Chetwood
civil engineer

Aitchison, Duncan
(1914) guest/witness at marriage of Tom Jones

Aldridge, Mrs. R. H.
chief teacher at British School; awarded M. B. E.; conducted Sunday school at Anglican church; church organist

Aspinall, Rev. Canon E. C.
Anglican clergyman in Punta Arenas



Barclay, "Baby"
early sheep farm manager

Bell, Gavin
wool expert; colleague of Dick Buxton

Betteridge, Tom
representative of sheep-dip firm [Cooper's Dip]

Binfield, Harry
(1914) guest/witness at marriage of Tom Jones

Bishop, A. I.
no further information

Booth, John R.
volunteered for service in WW2; died during war

Booth, Mrs. John
dress-maker for Magellan Dramatic Society

Borger, Alex. H. C.
talented pianist and composer; acted for Magellan Dramatic Society

Bowering, John
career diplomat; British Consul at Punta Arenas

Boyd, Louisa
acted for Magellan Dramatic Society

Boyd, T. S.
(1936) British Consul in Punta Arenas

Bridges, Clarissa
wife of John Goodall; niece of Lucas Bridges; ornithologist and artist

Brown, G. P.
worked with Chilean Red Cross
(c1940) assisted fund-raising of British War Patriotic Fund Committee; awarded M. B. E. at end of WW2; music director for Magellan Dramatic Society

Buchan, Eric
successor to McLean as manager of Bank of London & South America

Buchanan, Bruce S.
(1914) works foreman at Río Seco freezer; hired for the new freezer at Puerto Bories; (1914) died shortly after return from Britain via Buenos Aires

Burbury, T. R. D.
sheep farm manager; (1919) 2nd general manager of SETF

Burke, Eleanor
wife of Tom Burke; pianist and singer

Burke, Tom
British Consul

Butland, Gilbert
headmaster of British School when it first functioned with support of the British Council

Buxton, C. R. ("Dick")
wool expert; colleague of Gavin Bell; acted for Magellan Dramatic Society



Cameron, Alexander A.
(1893) hired from New Zealand to manage the first sheep farm of the SETF;
(1909) first general manager of SETF, residing in Punta Arenas;
(1914) imported a Napier car; one of the first in Punta Arenas;
(1914) left Punta Arenas to set up own farm in Buenos Aires province

Cameron, Archie
early sheep farm manager; (1919) returned to UK after retiring from Patagonia

Cameron, George
early sheep farm manager

Cameron, Jack
early sheep farm manager

Cameron, Madge
wife of Archie Cameron

Cara, Kenneth
employee of SETF under Greer

Carnegie Ross, K.
sheep farm manager; 4th general manager of SETF; (1938) President of Anglican Society of Punta Arenas; acted for Magellan Dramatic Society; after retirement from business, moved to Argentina

Carnegie Ross, Mrs. K.
(1939) elected President of Ladies' Committee

Carpenter
early sheep rancher

Cater, Rev. J. C.
(1916) Anglican clergyman in Punta Arenas

Cattle
early sheep rancher

Chapple, J. G.
land surveyor; bought small hotel and converted it into a store, which went into bankruptcy

Christie, A. W.
employee of SETF under Greer

Clarke, D. V.
(1914) guest/witness at marriage of Tom Jones

Clifford, Eddie
sheep farm manager; (1948) manager of Ea. Punta Delgada; overturned his car twice

Clifford, Winifred
wife of Eddie Clifford

Constanduros, Con.
representative of sheep-dip firm [Cooper's Dip]

Cooke, H. E.
no further information

Cooper, L. W.
accomplished [amateur?] musician

Crosley, A.
sheep farm manager



Daly, Charles
early sheep farm manager

Davies [Davis?], Eric
sheep farm manager; farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.

Davies, C. E. ("Long")
civil engineer

Davis, Joan
wife of Eric Davis [?]

Dawkins, A.
(1900) proprietor of "Anglo American Bar" in Punta Arenas

de Bruyne, Bernard
eldest son of Pedro de Bruyne; managed estancia at Río Verde; served in both World Wars

de Bruyne, Gordon
son of Pedro de Bruyne; Army career, rising to Brigadier General

de Bruyne, Norman
son of Pedro de Bruyne; scientist at Cambridge

de Bruyne, Pedro
of Dutch descent; married Englishwoman; took British nationality; settled at Río Verde

Dean, Katie
wife of Markham Dean

Dean, Markham
lived in England; farmed at Chymenaike, Arg.

Dean, W. M.
early sheep farm manager

Denniston, Hugh
(>1903) immigrated after serving in the British Army during the Boer War

Dick, John
(c1921) shareholder of "Dick, Hunter & Co."

Dick, Kitty
daughter of Alexander Morrison; wife of John Dick; did charitable works

Dick, Tom
sheep farm manager

Dickson, John
Scot; served over 25 years as engineer in Chilean Navy

Donaldson, Charles
sheep farm manager

Douglas
early sheep rancher

Down, Michael
no further information

Dunsmure, James Henderson
(1879) 2nd British consul in Punta Arenas; local businessman



Falvey, Hugh
sheep farm manager

Fell
early sheep rancher

Felton
early sheep rancher

Felton, Carlos
farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.

Felton, Maud
wife of Carlos Felton [?]

Fenton, Dr. Thomas
(1874) medical doctor in practice at Punta Arenas; (1877) wounded during uprising in Punta Arenas; (1881) British vice-consul; visited H. M. S. Doterel minutes before its explosion; established family sheep farm

Fenton, John
farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.

Fenton, Magellan
son of Thomas Fenton; managed Fenton Station; (c1921) shareholder of "Dick, Hunter & Co."

Fenton, Pat
wife of John Fenton [?]

Fookes, W. G.
civil engineer

France, Dr. W. H.
medical doctor in Punta Arenas; an authority on horse-racing; one of the first to have a motor-car

Francis, Rev. C. M.
Anglican clergyman in Punta Arenas

Fraser, Nora
lived in Argentina; lost en route to England during WW2 when ship was torpedoed

Fraser, Ronald
lived in Argentina; lost en route to England during WW2 when ship was torpedoed



Gallie, Andrew
representative of various farmers, in association with Douglas Lethaby; (1914) guest/witness at marriage of Tom Jones

Game
early sheep rancher

Giles
early sheep rancher

Goodall, John
fishing enthusiast; introduced salmon spawn into rivers on mainland and Tierra del Fuego

Greenshields
early sheep rancher

Greer, Leslie R. W.
sheep farm manager; 3rd general manager of SETF; (1943) President of British Club; handed over flagpole celebrating centenary of founding of Punta Arenas to authorities on behalf of the British community

Greer, Seymour
sheep farm manager

Griffin, Mary
wife of Percy Griffin [?]

Griffin, Percy
farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.

Guthrie, James
(1909) sub-manager of Río Seco freezing works; (1910) became manager of Río Seco freezer on death of Charles Murray; (1918) resigned as manager of Río Seco freezer; got married



Hamann, Sydney
no further information

Hamilton
early sheep rancher

Hamilton, John J.
(1875) inaugurated British Consulate in Punta Arenas

Harper, Margaret
assisted with Sunday school at Anglican church

Harries, George
early sheep farm manager

Harries, Walter
early sheep farm manager

Hobbs, Clarence
sheep farm manager

Hobbs, Ernest W.
served apprenticeship on farm in Falkland Islands; (1905) founded "Gente Grande" Company with Rodolfo Stubenrauch, to take over a farm on Tierra del Fuego started in 1883 by Wehrhahn & Co.; he and wife raised a family of seven daughters and three sons; (>1918) developed lands in the Río Baker region; did charitable work in support of the Punta Arenas Hospital; honorary Mayor of Punta Arenas; (1924) family performed "Quality Street" by Barrie

Hobbs, Percy
no further information

Hobbs, Rudolph ("Rudie")
second son of Ernest & Sara Hobbs; sheep farm manager; (1941) married Daphne Jones in Punta Arenas

Hobley, Rev. Macdonald
briefly Anglican clergyman and school headmaster in Punta Arenas; came from Falklands

Hunter, Albert A.
taxation expert; partner in Argentine office of Price, Waterhouse & Co.; (c1921) shareholder of "Dick, Hunter & Co."

Hunter, E. S.
no further information

Huntley, Bobby
sheep farm manager; (1953) at Ea. Caleta Josefina

Huntley, Decima
(1953) at Ea. Caleta Josefina



Irlam, Dickie
no further information



Jackson, Harry
sheep farm manager

Jacobs, Arthur
cooperated in local sport activities; acted for Magellan Dramatic Society

Jamieson
early sheep rancher

Jamieson, Hettie
sister of Mayo Jamieson; married Guy Whitney; lived in Argentina

Jamieson, Mayo
sister of Hettie Jamieson; lived in Argentina; returned to UK during WW2 to serve in the Wrens

Jones Chico
early sheep farm manager

Jones Grande
early sheep farm manager

Jones, Barbara
younger daughter of Tom & Daphne Jones; married Chilean Navy Lieutenant Guillermo ["Willie"] Santa Cruz in Río Seco (groom represented by proxy)

Jones, Daphne
older daughter of Tom & Daphne Jones; (1941) married Rudolph Hobbs in Punta Arenas

Jones, Dorothy
wife of Tom P. Jones; volunteer teacher at British School for several years

Jones, Tom
(1909) sailed from UK to take up employment at Río Seco freezing works
(1914) married 30 October 1914 in the Hotel Royal to Dorothy
(1918) appointed assistant manager of Río Seco freezer, on resignation of James Guthrie
(1919) appointed manager of Río Seco freezer; took responsibility in 1921
(c1921) shareholder of "Dick, Hunter & Co."
(c1922) member of Rotary Club in Punta Arenas
(c1939) elected President of Inter-Allied Committee in Punta Arenas
(1939) elected President of British War Patriotic Fund Committee
(1943) appointed Industrial Security Officer by Allied powers during WW2
(c1945) awarded O. B. E. for wartime patriotic work
(c1945) appointed as British Consul in Punta Arenas (10 years)

Jones, W. P.
fine pianist



Kennard, Biddy
wife of Errol Kennard

Kennard, Errol
farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.

Kidd
(1919) manager of Puerto Bories freezer; escaped to Argentina after works uprising

King, Denley
partner of Hector Wilson



Laight, Rev. Frederick
Anglican clergyman in Punta Arenas; ordained in Punta Arenas

Leslie, Edwin
representative of sheep-dip firm [Cooper's Dip]

Lethaby, Douglas
representative of various farmers, in association with Andrew Gallie

Lewis, F.
member of British Club; left legacy to start a fund for building a British hospital in Punta Arenas; money finally transferred to the Magallanes British Welfare Fund

Luke
early sheep rancher



MacBey
(1921) manager of the Santa Cruz freezer, Arg; captured and held by strikers

Macdonald, Allan M.
representative of sheep-dip firm [Cooper's Dip]; (1916) acting President of the British Club; (1917) secretary of British diplomatic mission to Argentina, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton; later awarded C. B. E. for this work

MacDonald, William T.
volunteered for service in WW2; died during war

Macdonald, Winifred
wife of Allan Macdonald

MacLean, Johnny
accomplished horse-rider

MacLean, Kenneth
son of Peter MacLean; accomplished bagpiper

MacLean, Peter
successor to Smith as manager of Bank of London & South America; accomplished bagpiper

MacLeay, Anne
wife of Willie MacLeay?

MacLeay, Willie [Willy]
sheep farm manager; lived at Pecket Harbour

Maddams, Leo
farm manager for SETF; served in Flanders during WW1

McClelland, Peter H.
(1893) manager of "Duncan, Fox & Co."; persuaded by Mauricio Braun to invest in SETF

McGeorge
early sheep rancher

McGeorge, Jimmy
farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.

Milward, Arthur
brother of Captain C. A.; worked in the local Chilean bank

Milward, Captain C. A.
owned a foundry; British consul for many years; (1916) hosted Sir Ernest Shackleton

Montgomery
(1923) manager of Ea. Palermo (between Río Seco and Río Verde)

Morrison, Alexander
sheep farmer; Scot; came to Patagonia from Falkland Islands; settled on 50,000 acres at Río Penitente; (c1921) shareholder of "Dick, Hunter & Co."

Morrison, Archie
son of Alexander Morrison of Río Penitente; farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.; (1957) died in the British hospital in Buenos Aires

Morrison, Bill
oil technician; US national

Morrison, Johnny
son of Alexander Morrison of Río Penitente

Morrison, Katie
wife of Bill Morrison

Morrison, Murdo
early sheep farm manager; manager of estancia Río Penitente (not a relative of the owner, Alexander Morrison)

Morrison, Walter
sheep farm manager

Murray, Charles W.
(1909) manager of Río Seco freezing works; (1910) died in London



Neilson [should be Nielsen], Harold
volunteered for service in WW2; died during war

Nicholls, H. C.
employee of SETF under Greer



Oakeshot, Rev. G. M.
(1938) appointed Anglican clergyman in Punta Arenas; stayed 6 years; moved to Buenos Aires



Parfitt, Alf.
representative of the Vestey interests; played cricket

Paton, F. D.
early sheep rancher; founder member of the [Magallanes] Golf Club

Paton, Lilian
golf and bridge player

Patterson, George
lived in Argentina; had six daughters, three of whom married three Jamieson brothers

Patterson, Robert
early sheep rancher; made great fortune; brother of William; bachelor

Patterson, William
early sheep rancher; made great fortune; brother of Robert; bachelor

Perkins, Lina
daughter of William Perkins; the first lady driver in Patagonia; owned Model T Ford; married Monty Trehern

Perkins, Oswald
son of William Perkins

Perkins, William
(1909) senior executive of "Braun & Blanchard"

Pettersen, Chris.
no further information

Petterson [Pettersen], Mary
golf and bridge player

Piggot, E. J. ("Jim")
sheep farm manager; 5th general manager of SETF

Porter, Jack
oil technician; US national

Porter, Mardi
wife of Jack Porter; artist

Price, E. T.
employee of SETF under Greer; founder member of golf club

Price, Jesse
oil technician; US national

Price, Verna
wife of Jesse Price



Rathbone, Victor
colleague of T. P. Jones

Reynard, Henry L. ("Harry")
(1874) living in Punta Arenas
(1876) brought first shipload of sheep from the Falkland Islands to Elizabeth Island (Isla Isabel) in the Strait of Magellan
(>1876) occupied lands at Oazy Harbour (Chile); later at Cañadon de las Vacas & Chank Aike (Santa Cruz, Arg.)
(1881) British vice-consul; visited H. M. S. Doterel minutes before its explosion
(1899) first President of British Association of Magallanes [later known as British Club]

Reynard, Nell
daughter of Henry Reynard; married Hugh Denniston

Riddell, Robert
(1921) manager of Estancia Anita, Santa Cruz province

Riesco, C. A. T.
(1914) started "The Magellan Times" newspaper in Punta Arenas

Ritson, E. A. ("Robin")
British Naval representative in Punta Arenas during WW2

Robins, Herbert
son of J. C. Robins
(1914) best man at marriage of Tom Jones; (1921) rancher in Santa Cruz province, Arg.; committed suicide while held captive by strikers

Robins, J. C.
owned the Hotel Royal

Robson, Sven
(1934) manager's assistant at Río Seco freezer; appointed manager of Río Seco freezer on retirement of Tom Jones; British consul in Punta Arenas after Tom Jones

Rogers, W. B.
early sheep farm manager; (c1921) shareholder of "Dick, Hunter & Co."

Ross, Alec [Alex.]
sheep farm manager; (1921) shareholder of "Dick, Hunter & Co."

Ross, Lucy
golf and bridge player

Rudd
early sheep rancher

Rudd, Chip
wife of Louie Rudd [?]

Rudd, Louie
farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.



Saunders, George
sheep farm manager

Saunders, Thomas ("Tom")
sheep farmer; came from Falkland Islands; settled at Otway Station; five children born there to his wife, without medical attention; brother of William; (1919) two daughters married at double wedding in London

Saunders, William
sheep farmer; came from Falkland Islands; brother of Thomas

Scott
early sheep rancher

Slaughter, Jack
early sheep farm manager

Slaughter, Tom
early sheep farm manager

Smith, W. H. ("Bill")
manager of Bank of London & South America

Spooner, Jack
sheep farm manager; manager of Ea. Cullen, Tierra del Fuego

Stanton Yonge, Gus
step-brother of Magellan Fenton; managed Fenton Station; well-respected judge at livestock shows

Stewart, Archie
graduate of Edinburgh University; maintained British Club library; organized cricket matches; edited English newspaper

Stirling, James
sheep farm manager



Thompson, Bert
sheep farm manager

Thomson, Willy
sheep farm manager

Townsend, Aubrey
son of Frank Townsend

Townsend, Bernard
son of Frank Townsend

Townsend, Frank H.
(1913) started the "Observer" newspaper in Punta Arenas

Townsend, Kenneth
son of Frank Townsend

Trehern, Monty
sheep farm manager

Trehern, Richard
volunteered for service in WW2; died during war

Tweedie
early sheep rancher



Vibert, Roy
career diplomat; British Consul at Punta Arenas; also carpenter, philatelist and Russian language student

Vibert, Sonia
wife of Roy Vibert

Vickery, George
ran "Casa Vickery", a gentlemen's outfitter and silver goods store; (1909) ran "The Standard" newspaper in Punta Arenas



Waldron, "Bill"
grandson of Walter Waldron, original founder of "Waldron & Wood"; active in the business; sheep farm manager; farmed in hinterland of Río Gallegos, Arg.

Waldron, Arthur
successor of original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Waldron, Eric
grandson of Walter Waldron, original founder of "Waldron & Wood"; active in the business

Waldron, Jean
wife of "Bill" Waldron [?]

Waldron, Maurice
grandson of Walter Waldron, original founder of "Waldron & Wood"; active in the business

Waldron, Stephen
successor of original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Waldron, Tom
(>1884) founder owner of sheep-farming company "Waldron & Wood"

Waldron, Walter I
(>1884) founder owner of sheep-farming company "Waldron & Wood"

Waldron, Walter II
successor of original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Waldron, Wilfred
successor of original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Weiss, Fred
sheep farm manager

White, Kenneth
career diplomat; British Consul at Punta Arenas

Whitney, Guy
American; husband of Hettie Jamieson; sub-manager of Swift freezing works at Río Gallegos; later, head of Swift operations in South America

Wildman, Thomas B. ("Tom")
(1919) British Vice-Consul in Punta Arenas (5 years?)

Williams, Chisholm
employee of SETF under Greer; acted for Magellan Dramatic Society

Williams, Ken
(1929) lived on Hoste Island

Williams, Rev. John
Anglican clergyman in Punta Arenas

Wilson Williams
employee of SETF under Greer

Wilson Williams, Mrs.
arranged dances for Magellan Dramatic Society

Wilson, Hector
bank employee; athlete; partner of Denley King

Wood
(1919) sub-manager of Puerto Bories freezer; seriously injured in works uprising

Wood, Charlie
(>1918) farm manager in the Río Baker region; murdered

Wood, Clarence
successor of original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Wood, Geoffrey
volunteered for service in WW2; died during war

Wood, George
son of Harry Wood, the original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Wood, Harry P.
(1883-84) family had farm in the Falkland Islands; participated in land auction at Punta Arenas; leased about 200,000 acres at Punta Delgada; (>1884) founder owner of sheep-farming company "Waldron & Wood"

Wood, Norman
successor of original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Wood, Walter
successor of original founder of "Waldron & Wood"

Woodforde-Booth, Adelaide
wife of Pat Woodforde-Booth; couple met and married in Punta Arenas

Woodforde-Booth, C. V. ("Pat")
career diplomat; British Consul at Punta Arenas during WW2

Firms

Anglo-South American Bank
also "Bank of London & South America"

Dick, Hunter & Co.
(c1921) partnership purchased furnishings and good-will of Hotel Royal; subsequently disposed of assets at a loss

Duncan, Fox & Co.
merchant company, trading in Chile

Gente Grande
(1905) sheep-ranching firm founded by Hobbs & Stubenrauch

SETF
see "Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego"

Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego
(1893) founded by Mauricio & Sarah Braun, of Punta Arenas, with support of "Duncan Fox & Co" of Valparaiso; historically, became the largest sheep farming company in the world

Waldron & Wood
brought first sheep in schooners from Falkland Islands; (1894) established first refrigeration plant in Patagonia (at Delgada), on board the ship "Oneida"; frozen meat was shipped to England via vessels of the Houlder Line

Source: "Patagonian Panorama", Tom P. Jones, Bournemouth, 1961
Last updated: 8-VI-2014