Buenaventura Cousiño Jorquera

Buenaventura (Ventura) Cousiño Jorquera (1808–1855) was a Chilean congressman, lawyer and politician. He was born on the Renca ranch in Santiago on July 18, 1808, and died in Santiago on November 29, 1855.

Buenaventura Cousiño Jorquera
Member of Parliament, Republic of Chile
In office
1843–1846
Preceded byJosé Joaquín Pérez Mascayano
Succeeded byJoaquín Campino Salamanca
ConstituencyRere and Department of Puchacay
Member of Parliament, Republic of Chile
In office
1846–1849
Preceded byFrancisco de la Lastra de la Sotta
Succeeded byAntonio García Reyes
ConstituencyOsorno and Llanquihue
Member of Parliament, Republic of Chile
In office
1849–1852
Preceded bySantos Díaz Valdés Carrera
Succeeded byMiguel Barros Morán
ConstituencyMelipilla an La Victoria
Personal details
BornJuly 18, 1808
Renca, Viceroyalty of Peru
DiedDecember 29, 1855 (aged 47)
 Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
CitizenshipChile
NationalityChilean
Political partyChilean Conservative Party
SpouseRosario Ortúzar Castillo
OccupationLawyer and Professor

Biography

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Jorquera was the son of José Agustín Cousiño y Zapata and Doña Josefa Jorquera y Alfaro, grandson of Juan Antonio Cousiño Orgue, a native of La Coruña, Galicia, the first Cousiño to arrive in Chile.

He studied at the National Institute and graduated as a lawyer from the faculty of law at the San Felipe University in 1836.

He later married Rosario Ortúzar Castillo, with whom he produced many children. He devoted himself to different fora, to teaching and politics.

Political career

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He conducted Latin classes at the National Institute and in 1845 he joined the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Chile, where he delivered a speech on "Excellence in Latin literature", a work that was published in the Annals of the University.

He conducted several trips to the north, especially to Copiapo, where his son Henry was born.

He was elected deputy for Rere and Puchacay in 1840, but did not have the opportunity to replace the proprietary deputy.[1] He served as a deputy in 1843 for Rere. In 1846 he was elected representative of Osorno. During this time he joined the Standing Committee on Government, Foreign Affairs and Education and Charities. He was Deputy of Melipilla, in 1849, working on the Standing Committee on Constitution, Law and Justice, and Government and Foreign Affairs.

References

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  1. ^ "Buenaventura Cousiño Jorquera" (in Spanish). Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 8 February 2024.