José A. Terry

José Antonio Terry (October 31, 1846 – December 8, 1910) was an Argentine lawyer and politician,[1] who served as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic.[2]

José Antonio Terry
Minister of Hacienda
In office
1893 – 1895 (first period)
PresidentLuis Sáenz Peña
Personal details
Born
José Antonio Terry Costa

1846
Bagé, Brazil
Died1910
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting placeLa Recoleta Cemetery
NationalityArgentine
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Biography

Terry was born in Brazil, during the exile of his parents José Antonio Terry and Sotera Costa.[3] In 1850 he settled with his family in Buenos Aires, performing his primary and secondary studies in the city. He received his doctorate in jurisprudence at the University of Buenos Aires in 1871. At the beginning of his career he was a journalist in the newspapers La Nación and La Prensa,[4] Time later exerted like professor of Finances in the National University.[5]

José A. Terry was deputy and senator by the province of Buenos Aires,[6] and was chosen like deputy of the Argentine nation in 1871.[7] He also served in the post of Minister of Finance in the governments of Luis Sáenz Peña, Julio Argentino Roca and Manuel Quintana.[8]

José Antonio Terry was married to Leonor Quirno Costa,[9] daughter of Gregorio José Quirno and Fernanda Costa, belonging to a traditional Creole family of Spanish and French roots.[10] He and his wife were parents of three children who were born deaf: José Antonio, Leonor and Sotera Terry.[11]

His son, José Antonio Terry was married to Amalia Amoedo Vilaró, daughter of Amalia Florencia Vilaró and Hilario Amoedo, belonging to families Amoedo, Canavery and Morel.[12]

José Terry was grandson of Andrés Terry Álvarez, a Spanish who arrived in Buenos Aires towards the year 1790. His paternal ancestor William Terry, an Irish Catholic born in Cork, was an army officer who served in the Irish brigades at the service of James II of England during his exile in France.[13] The great grandfather of José Terry, Gabriel Coste, was a french farmer of Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze, in France, who emigrated to Argentina around 1760–1770.[14]

References
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  2. Boletin, Issue 2, Chile. Congreso Nacional. Cámara de Diputados
  3. Así aprendieron a trabajar: Cómo se construyó la capacitación laboral en la Argentina, Oscar Juan Blake
  4. "La Prensa" of Buenos Aires, 1869–1914, República Argentina
  5. Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires
  6. Efemérides argentinas, 1492–1966, Volume 3, Fermín Vicente Arenas Luque
  7. Desorden y progreso:, Pablo Gerchunoff, Fernando Rocchi, Gastón Rossi
  8. Economía y Economistas Argentinos:, Manuel Fernández López
  9. Looking back:, Renate Fischer
  10. Historia de Zárate, 1689–1909, Vicente Raúl Botta
  11. Historias inesperadas de la historia argentina:, Daniel Balmaceda
  12. Revista del Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, Volumes 5–6, Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay
  13. Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical: Of King James's Irish Army List ..., John D'Alton
  14. José Antonio TERRY COSTA on Geneanet
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