Name Agustin Mac-Clure | ||
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Born June 17, 1878 ( 1878-06-17 ) Santiago, Chile Died June 18, 1941(1941-06-18) (aged 63)
Santiago, Chile | ||
El Mercurio
Agustin Edwards Mac-Clure (June 17, 1878 – June 18, 1941) was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and businessman, and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper.
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Agustin Edwards was born in Santiago, the son of Agustin Edwards Ross and of Luisa McClure Ossandon. In 1900 he founded the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper, using the same name of the newspaper he inherited from his father and that was published in Valparaiso. He also wrote and published some history books: My Native Land, published in English; El Alba and Cuatro Presidentes de Chile, that refer to the administrations of presidents Prieto, Bulnes, Montt and Perez.
He was a member of the lower house of the Chilean National Congress for four consecutive periods, between 1900 to 1910, representing the Partido Nacional. He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization during the presidency of German Riesco, and again during the presidency of Pedro Montt, under whom was also named Interior Minister. In 1910 he was named a Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, and had a very important participation in the negotiations with Peru, with respect to the plesbicite that was to solve the question of the property of Tacna and Arica.
He was elected President of the General Assembly of the League of Nations from 1922 until 1923.
As executor of the will of businessman and philanthropist Federico Santa Maria Carrera, he founded the University that still bears his name.