Marcelino Ugarte

Doctor Marcelino Ugarte
Governor of Buenos Aires Province
In office 1902–1906
Preceded by	Bernardo de Irigoyen
Succeeded by	Ignacio Darío Irigoyen
Governor of Buenos Aires Province
In office 1914–1917
Preceded by	Luis García
Succeeded by	José Luis Cantilo
National Senator by Buenos Aires Province
In office 1913–1914
National Deputy by Buenos Aires Province
In office 1900–1902
Personal details
Born	Marcelino Germán Ugarte Lavalle May 28, 1855 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	August 6, 1929 (aged 74) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting place	La Recoleta Cemetery
Political party	National Autonomist Party
Spouse	Carolina Tomkinson de Alvear

Marcelino Ugarte (1855–1929) was an Argentine jurist and politician, who served for two terms as governor of 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.^[3] He was married to Carolina Tomkinson Alvear, daughter of Enrique Tomkinson, born in Endon, England, and Virginia de Alvear y Sáenz de la Quintanilla, a noble lady belonging to the family of Carlos María de Alvear.^[4]

His father was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Nation during the presidency of Bartolomé Mitre.^[5] By maternal line, he was a nephew grandson of Juan Lavalle, 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.^[6]

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