Agustín Ross Edwards (February 5, 1844 – October 20, 1926) was a Chilean

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, and banker. He was son of David Ross and Carmen Edwards Ossandon; both were of

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ancestry. He was married to Susana De Ferari.

Biography

Ross studied at the Carlos Black and Simon Kerr School in La Serena. He studied at the Queen Street Institution in

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between 1856 and 1860. He participated in the trades of the bank of the Edwards family. He was private agent in

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of the Government Junta of

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in 1891. He was plenipotentiary minister in

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in February 1892. Ross moved to

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around 1890 and bought some land in the town. In

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, in September 1885, he bought some property from Francisco Torrealba, on a site that was located at the Pichilemu beach. He constructed the Ross Hotel with a European-style design, assigning Evaristo Merino as its administrator. He promoted Pichilemu in cities such as

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. He later constructed the Ross Casino and the Ross Park. They used materials such as stone from Italy,

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from the United States, and

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. A Chilean chronicler quoted: Ross was a militant of the National Party of Chile. He was senator of the Coquimbo Province between 1897 and 1903. Ross died on October 26, 1926, in

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. Some of his property was left to the Municipality of Pichilemu in his will, including forest, terraces, and the park, with the condition that they should be attended worthily.

References

* *''Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial (1876–1973)''; Armando de Ramón Folch; Ediciones

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, 1999, volume 2.

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