Diego Dublé Almeyda
Born1841
Valparaíso, Chile
DiedMay 6, 1922
Santiago, Chile
Allegiance Chile
Service/branchChilean Army
Years of service1857–1892
RankGeneral de Brigada
Battles/wars
Spouse(s)Julia Alquízar de Ferrari
Children10

Diego Dublé Almeyda (1841 – May 6, 1922) was a Chilean Army officer. From 1874 to 1878 he was governor of governor of Punta Arenas in the Straits of Magellan. In 1876 he travelled on board of Chacabuco to Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands where he bought 300 sheep he then sold to Henry Reynard, contributing to beginning the Patagonian sheep farming boom.[1]

References

  1. Martinic Beros, Mateo (2002). "La participación de capitales británicos en el desarrollo económico del territorio de Magallanes (1880-1920)". Magallania (in Spanish). 35: 299–321. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
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