Diego Dublé Almeyda

Diego Dublé Almeyda
Born1841 (1841)
Valparaíso, Chile
DiedMay 6, 1922(1922-05-06) (aged 80–81)
Santiago, Chile
Allegiance Chile
BranchChilean Army
Service years1857–1892
RankGeneral de Brigada
Conflicts
SpouseJulia 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]

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