José A. Terry

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José Antonio Terry
Minister of the Treasury
In office
1893 – 1895 (first period)
PresidentLuis Sáenz Peña
Preceded byMariano Demaría
Succeeded byJuan José Romero
Personal details
Born
José Antonio Terry Costa

31 October 1846
Argentine
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

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

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

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 the Treasury 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

  1. ^ Juan Jose( Montes de Oca, Ricardo Levene, 1941
  2. ^ Boletin, Issue 2, Chile. Congreso Nacional. Cámara de Diputados, 1902
  3. ISBN 9789506418441
  4. ^ "La Prensa" of Buenos Aires, 1869–1914, República Argentina, 1914
  5. ^ Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1914
  6. ^ Efemérides argentinas, 1492–1966, Volume 3, Fermín Vicente Arenas Luque, 1967
  7. ISBN 9789876280235
  8. ISBN 9789871281817
  9. ISBN 9783927731325
  10. ^ Historia de Zárate, 1689–1909, Vicente Raúl Botta, 1948
  11. ISBN 9789500733908
  12. ^ Revista del Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, Volumes 5–6, Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, 1985
  13. ^ Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical: Of King James's Irish Army List ..., John D'Alton, 1855
  14. ^ José Antonio TERRY COSTA on Geneanet

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