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.