Marcelino Ugarte (1855–1929) was an Argentine jurist and politician, who served for two terms as governor of the Province of Buenos Aires. He also served as
deputy and national
senator for the Province of Buenos Aires.
He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of
Marcelino Ugarte and Adela Jerónima Lavalle, belonging to an aristocatric family of the City. He was married to Carolina Tomkinson Alvear, daughter of Enrique Tomkinson, born in
Endon
Endon is a village within the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. It is southwest of Leek and north-northeast of Stoke-on-Trent. Endon was formerly a township in civil parish of Leek.
Together with neighbouring Stan ...
, England, and Virginia de Alvear y Sáenz de la Quintanilla, a noble lady belonging to the family of
Carlos María de Alvear
Carlos María de Alvear (October 25, 1789 in Santo Ángel, Rio Grande do Sul – November 3, 1852 in New York), was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815.
Early life
H ...
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His father was Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Nation during the presidency of
Bartolomé Mitre. By maternal line, he was a nephew grandson of
Juan Lavalle
Juan Galo Lavalle (17 October 1797 – 9 October 1841) was an Argentine military and political figure.
Biography
Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires to María Mercedes González Bordallo and Manuel José Lavalle, general accountant of rents and t ...
, governor of Buenos Aires between 1828 and 1829, and descendant of
Guillermo Ross, a Scottish soldier, who served as acting governor of Buenos Aires in the mid-18th century.
References
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1855 births
1929 deaths
Argentine people of Spanish descent
Argentine people of Scottish descent
Governors of Buenos Aires Province
20th-century Argentine politicians
People from Buenos Aires
Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery
Argentine legal professionals