Víctor Fenton

Víctor Fenton (1865 - 1938) was a distinguished doctor of medicine of Irish origin, who took part in the early colonization of the Province of Santa Cruz in Patagonia Argentina.[2] He was the second doctor to serve in Río Gallegos, supplanting his brother Arthur Willington Fenton as a doctor of the government. He also held various political positions, including interim governor of the national territory of Santa Cruz in 1892.[3]

Doctor

Víctor Fenton
Acting Governor of the National Territory of Santa Cruz[1]
In office
? – ?
Personal details
Born
Victor Edward Albert Fenton Russell

1865
Sligo, Ireland
Died1938
Río Gallegos, Argentina
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Geraldine Pearl
Asención de Rosas
Occupationmedicine
landowner
colonizer
politician
Professionmedicine

He was born in Sligo, Ireland, the son of Michael Fenton and Jane Russel, belonging to a distinguished family. He studied at the Trinity College Dublin, where he received a doctorate in medicine.[4] He was married first to Geraldine Pearl, born in England, and second with Asención de Rosas, belonging to an Argentine family.[5]

Permanently established in Argentine Patagonia, he dedicated himself to raising cattle,[6] and also to politics, serving as municipal councilor,[7] and interim governor on several occasions.[8] In 1906 he was appointed to integrate the honorary commission on immigration of the town of Río Gallegos, chaired by M. Canaveri,[9] the son of Samuel Canaveris, mayor of Río Gallegos in 1916 and 1917.[10]

References
  1. Carlos María Moyano: marino, explorador y gobernante. Juan Hilarión Lenzi. 1962.
  2. Publicaciones. Serie C: Biografías Navales Argentinas. Argentina. Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. 1961.
  3. Los pueblos santacruceños hasta 1900: síntesis cronológica y testimonios. Antonio Alvarez. 1970.
  4. From the Falklands to Patagonia: The Story of a Pioneer Family. Michael James Mainwaring. 1983. ISBN 9780850314885.
  5. Michael Fenton & Jane Russel. GenealogiaIrlandesa.
  6. Los dueños de la tierra en la Patagonia Austral, 1880-1920. Universidad Federal de la Patagonia Austral. 1995. ISBN 9789879992111.
  7. Patagonia documental, Números 1-4. Argentina, Centro de Documentación Patagónica. 1974.
  8. Argentina austral, Volumen 33,Números 364-369. Sociedad Anónima Importadora y Exportadora de la Patagonia. 1962.
  9. Registro nacional de la República Argentina. Argentina. 1906.
  10. Centenario de Río Gallegos. Municipalidad de Río Gallegos. 1985. ISBN 9789504307273.
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