Nationality English Resting place La Recoleta Cemetery | Occupation Landowner
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Died 25 June 1900, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
George Temperley (1823–1900) was an English landowner, founder of the Argentine city Temperley.
Biography
George Temperley was born in Newcastle, England, and arrived in Buenos Aires in 1838. He married Charlotte Knight in February 17, 1846 in the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. In 1851 Temperley remarried to Carolyn Knight (relative of his first wife), in the Parish of San Pedro Telmo. The priest of the ceremony was Anthony Dominic Fahy.
In his early years in Argentina, Temperley had been the owner of a blacksmithing business, considered one of the most important establishments of Buenos Aires. In 1866 George Temperley, together with his compatriot Richard Black Newton were two of the founding members of The Argentine Rural Society. In 1872 George Temperley helped build the Anglican Church (Holy Trinity).
In January 1, 1893 George Temperley founded Temperley, one of the most important cities in the southern part of Greater Buenos Aires.