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Alfred Masini Grenfell

1843–1900

Brazilian-born British businessman in Argentina and Uruguay. Son of Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell and Maria Dolores Masini. Midshipman on HMS Nile, 1861. Estancia owner at Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina. Vice-consul at Montevideo, Uruguay, 1890; acting consul-general, 1891–2; in charge of the legation, 1893–4; consul, 1894. Consul at Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1898.

Sources

Brazil, select baptisms, 1688–1935 (Ancestry.com, accessed 25 November 2016, s.v. Alfrido Macini Grenfell)

Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/4437/135/2)

letter from James Coghlan, 9 June 1878

Mulhall and Mulhall 1885

The Times, 14 November 1900, p. 6

Bibliography

Mulhall, E. T. and Mulhall, M. G. 1885. Handbook of the River Plate: comprising the Argentine Republic, Uruguay and Paraguay. Buenos Ayres and London: M. G. and E. T. Mulhall, Trübner and Co.

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