Diego Segundo de las Mercedes Vergara Correa (

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, December 31, 1839 -

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, November 4, 1891) was a Chilean

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and landowner.

Family

He was the son of Diego Vergara Albano and Jesús Correa Albano, and brother of the parliamentarian José Bonifacio Vergara Correa. He married Concepción Astaburuaga Vargas in

on October 20, 1872, daughter of Felipe Santiago Astaburuaga Cienfuegos and Natalia Vargas Rencoret, with whom he had nine children: Laura, María Ester, Diego, Felipe Eugenio, Concepción, Ludmila, Enrique, Felipe and José Luis.

Studies

He studied at the University of Chile, where he graduated as a geographic engineer on April 22, 1863. He dedicated himself to his profession and his own agricultural activities, mainly on the hacienda of his property, "Las Lomas de Talca".

Political life

Between 1861 and 1864, he was deputy for the Department of Linares. He held the position of second mayor of

between 1868 and 1873 and first secretary of

from 1879 to 1882. During the

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, he participated in the battles of

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and

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as inspector of delegations of the Balmacedista Army Administration. He was elected deputy for

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and Lontué for the period 1891 - 1894; however, he died before joining the

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, being replaced by Pedro Donoso Vergara.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vergara Correa, Diego 1839 births 1891 deaths Vergara family Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile People from Talca University of Chile alumni