Lafone Quevedo
Lafone may refer to: *Alexander Malins Lafone (1870–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Alfred Lafone (1821–1911), British leather merchant and Conservative Party politician in London *Samuel Fisher Lafone 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. He established a settlement at Hope Place on the so ...

Alexander Malins Lafone
Major Alexander Malins Lafone, VC (19 August 1870 – 27 October 1917) was an English British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Background Lafone was educated at Dulwich College. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Middlesex Yeomanry (Duke of Cambridge's Hussars) on 14 August 1901, fought in the Second Boer War in various regiments, and was invalided in 1901. He was promoted to lieutenant A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations. The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ... on 27 September 1902. He then stayed on in Africa working for the Colonial Office as an Assistant Resident in Northern Nigeria. Recurrent attacks of fever forced him back to England ...
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Alfred Lafone
Alfred Lafone (13 February 1821 – 26 April 1911) of Hanworth Park, Feltham, Middlesex, was a British leather merchant and Conservative Party politician in London. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey from 1886 to 1892, and from 1895 to 1900. Origins Lafone was born in the West Derby area of Liverpool, the fourth son of Samuel Lafone. His half-brother was Samuel Fisher Lafone (1805-1871), a powerful and influential businessman based in Montevideo, dealing in cattle and hides, the wealthiest British resident in South America who in 1843 made a spectacular land purchase in Uruguay, and had purchased a large estate on East Falkland. Career He was educated privately, and moved to Bermondsey in London where he joined the leather and hide factors business of Boutcher, Mortimore and Company. He was elected in 1870 as a member of the London School Board, and was re-elected in 1873. In 1873 he purchased the large mansion house and estate of Hanworth Park, near Lond ...
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