Edwards family
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The Edwards family of Chile
is of English and Welsh origin with Scottish
ancestry, and they became financially and politically influential during the 19th century. It has played and still plays a significant role in Chilean politics, especially as owners of its most influential newspaper chain, El Mercurio S.A.P.
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Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
is of English and Welsh origin with Scottish
Scottish Chilean
Scottish Chileans are Chileans of Scottish descent who came from Scotland and in some cases, Scots-Irish people from Northern Ireland. A large proportion of Scottish Chileans are sheep farmers in the Magallanes region of the far south of the country, and the city of Punta Arenas has a large...
ancestry, and they became financially and politically influential during the 19th century. It has played and still plays a significant role in Chilean politics, especially as owners of its most influential newspaper chain, El Mercurio S.A.P.
El Mercurio
El Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's paper-of-record and its Valparaíso edition is the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. El Mercurio is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P...
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Prominent members
- George Edwards Brown (1780–1848), British doctor and businessman, founder of the family in Chile
- Agustín Edwards OssandónAgustín Edwards OssandónJosé Agustín de Dios Edwards Ossandón was a Chilean politician and businessman, and one of the main forces behind the early railroad construction in South America....
(1815–1878), businessman - Agustín Edwards RossAgustín Edwards RossAgustín Edwards Ross was a Chilean businessman and politician....
(1852–1897), businessman and politician, purchased the ValparaísoValparaísoValparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
, Chile edition of El Mercurio newspaper in 1880 - Agustín Edwards Mac ClureAgustín Edwards Mac ClureAgustín Edwards McClure was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and businessman, and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper....
(1878–1941), businessman, diplomat and politician, President of the League of NationsLeague of NationsThe League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
and founder of the SantiagoSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
edition of El Mercurio newspaper - Raúl Edwards Mac Clure (?-1927), businessman and politician
- Joaquín Edwards BelloJoaquín Edwards BelloJoaquín Edwards Bello was a Chilean writer and journalist. He was of British descent.-Life:Edwards Bello was born in Valparaíso, one of the most important ports in Chile. His family, the Edwards, is still one of the most influential in the country.Joaquín studied at The Mackay School and later at...
(1887–1968), writer and journalist - María Edwards Mac ClureMaría EdwardsMaría Edwards McClure was a Chilean woman who was honored in November 2005 at Israel's Yad Vashem memorial as one of the "Righteous Among The Nations," for her participation during the Holocaust...
(1893–1972), Righteous Among the NationsRighteous Among the NationsRighteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.... - Agustín Edwards Budge (1899-?), businessman
- Agustín Edwards Eastman (1928), businessman
- Jorge Edwards ValdésJorge EdwardsJorge Edwards Valdés is a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He is currently the Chilean ambassador to France.-Life and career:...
(1931) novelist, winner of the 1999 Cervantes Prize - Cristián Edwards del Río, businessman and kidnapping victim