Varas, Antonio, 1817-1886

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Personal name heading	Varas, Antonio, 1817-1886 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Varas de la Barra, Antonio, 1817-1886 De la Barra, Antonio Varas, 1817-1886 La Barra, Antonio Varas de, 1817-1886 Barra, Antonio Varas de la, 1817-1886
Associated place	Chillán (Chile) Curicó (Chile) Talca (Talca, Chile)
Birth date	1817-06-13
Death date	1886-06-05
Place of birth	Cauquenes (Chile)
Place of death	Santiago (Chile)
Field of activity	Philosophy--Study and teaching Politics, Practical Universities and colleges--Administration Law--Chile Public administration
Affiliation	Instituto Nacional de Chile Partido Nacional (Chile) Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Leyes y Ciencias Políticas Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago (Santiago, Chile) Caja de Crédito Hipotecario (Chile) Chile. Congreso Nacional. Cámara de Diputados Chile. Congreso Nacional. Senado Caja de Ahorros de Santiago (Chile)
Profession or occupation	Philosophy teachers College administrators Legislators Cabinet officers Law teachers Journalists Bankers
Special note	Father of: Varas Herrera, Miguel Antonio, 1847-1922 (n 85022786)
Found in	Varas, Antonio. Discurso pronunciado por Don Antonio Varas, a su incorporacion solemne en la Universidad de Chile, como miembro de la Facultad de Leyes i Ciencias Políticas, el 1o . de abril de 1857, 1857 Memoria Chilena website, April 18, 2023: (Antonio Varas; Antonio Varas de la Barra; born June 13, 1817 in Cauquenes; died June 5, 1886; studied at the Instituto Nacional de Chile and became the director when he was 25; former Ministro de Justicia, and Ministro del Interior y Relaciones Exteriores; congressman who represented various cities in southern Chile such as Chillán, Cauquenes, Curicó, and Talca; wrote for newspapers and journals including the Gaceta de los Tribunales and El Tiempo; founder of two important journals: Revista de Ciencias i Letras (1857) and Revista Jurídica (1884)) <https://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-95397.html> <http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-100663.html#cronologia> Encyclopedia.com website, April 18, 2023: (Antonio Varas de la Barra; born June 13, 1817; died June 3, 1886; Chilean politician; closest political associate of the Conservative president Manuel Montt; former congressman and senator; minister of the interior (1850-1856, 1860-1861, and again briefly in 1879); although he fully supported the authoritarian stance of his intimate friend Montt, Varas was an altogether more attractive character; became quite liberal in his age; Montt wanted Varas to be his presidential successor in 1861, a prospect that deeply angered the opposition; by accepting the interior ministry again in April 1860, Varas implicitly abandoned all claim to presidential succession; his unselfishness, which won widespread praise, paved the way for the election of the less controversial José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano; after 1861, Varas headed the National (or, as it was revealingly nicknamed, Montt-Varista) Party in Congress; source is Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture) <https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/varas-de-la-barra-antonio-1817-1886> Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana, 1907?-1930: tomo lxvi, page 1498 (Antonio Varas; born 1817 in Cauquenes; died 1886; former director of the Instituto Nacional; former Ministro de Justicia, and Ministro del Interior y Relaciones Exteriores; worked with Manuel Montt) Diccionario histórico, biográfico y bibliográfico de Chile, 1931: tomos iv-v, page 996, etc. (Antonio Varas de la Barra; born 1817; died June 5, 1886; parents were Miguel Varas Vallejo and Antonia de la Barra; law degree from the Instituto Nacional (1842); former Ministro de Justicia, Culto e Instrucción (1845-1860) and Ministro del Interior y Relaciones (1850-1856) and during that time he created the Caja de Crédito Hipotecario; served in the cabinet of the Manuel Montt administration; elected congressman and president of the Cámara de Diputados (1862-1867); senator (1867-1886); president of the Senado (1882-1886); honorary member of the Cuerpo de Bomberos; wife was Irene Herrera; had several children including Miguel Antonio Vargas Herrera (Miguel A. Varas; born 1847 in Santiago; died October 28, 1922; law degree from the Instituto Nacional; first president of the Instituto de Abogados; wife was Clotilde Velásquez; his son was Miguel Vargas Velásquez (law degree (1904); author of Los ideales de unión americana que acariciaron nuestros padres and editor of Correspondencia de D. Antonio Varas (his grandfather Antonio Varas de la Barra); wife was Inés Aguirre))) Diccionario histórico de Chile, 1989: page 609, etc. (Antonio Varas de la Barra; born June 13, 1817 in Cauquenes; died June 3, 1886 in Santiago; law degree (1842); former rector of the Instituto Nacional; former Ministro de Justicia, Culto e Instrucción (1845-1850) and Ministro del Interior y Relaciones (1850-1860); founder of the Caja de Crédito Hipotecario in 1855 and was the director for 30 years; served in the cabinet of the Manuel Montt administration; elected congressman and president of the Cámara de Diputados (1862); senator (1867-1886); president of the Senado (1882-1886); son was Miguel Antonio Vargas Herrera (law degree (1869); congressman (1879-1888); senator (1888-1994))) Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile website, May 1, 2023: (Antonio Varas de la Barra; Antonio Varas; born June 13, 1817 in Cauquenes; died June 3, 1886 in Santiago; parents were Miguel Varas Vallejo and Agustina de la Barra Alarcón; law degree (1842); former rector of the Instituto Nacional (beginning in 1842); congressman (1843-1876); senator (1876-1888); president of the Senate (1881-1885); minister during the Manuel Bulnes Prieto, Manuel Montt, and Aníbal Pinto Garmendia administrations; one of the founders of the Partido Nacional o Montt-Varista (1857); founder of the Caja de Ahorros de Santiago (1861); wife was Irene Herrera Bustamante (their children were Miguel Antonio Varas Herrera, Carlos, Antonio Varas Herrera, Luis, Rosa, Irene, and Elisa; he was also the father of Emilio Crisólogo, José Miguel, and Manuel Antonio (their last names were Varas Fernández)); son Miguel Antonio Varas Herrera (born August 11, 1847 in Santiago; died October 28, 1922 in Santiago; married Clotilde Velásquez on September 26, 1878 in Santa Ana and they had three children: Miguel, Jorge, and María; studied in the Instituto Nacional; law degree from the Facultad de Derecho of the Universidad de Chile where he received his law degree (1869); rector of the Instituto Nacional (1879-1880); professor of international law in the Universidad de Chile (1892) and was an academic member of the Facultad de Leyes y Ciencias Políticas of the Universidad de Chile (in 1896); signed the Acta de Deposición de Balmaceda (1891); president of the Partido Nacional; congressman (1979-1885); member of the Comisión Permanente de Gobierno y Relaciones Exteriores and the Comisión Permanente de Constitución, Legislación y Justicia; member of the Comisión Conservadora (1882-1888); senator (1888-1894); after his time in the Senate he practiced law; affiliated with the Instituto de Abogados de Santiago)) <https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Antonio_Varas_de_la_Barra> <https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Miguel_Antonio_Varas_Herrera> Antonio Varas de la Barra (1817-1886), 2019: title page (Antonio Varas de la Barra (1817-1886)) page 25 (wife was Irene Herrera Bustamante; they were married November 4, 1846; they had 11 children (two died in infancy) including Miguel Antonio Varas Herrera (1847-1922; congressman; senator; president of the Partido Nacional), Carlos Varas Herrera (1851-1923; president of the Corte Suprema [Supreme Court]), Antonio Varas Herrera (1851-1923; lawyer; senator; diplomat), and Rosa Varas Herrera (journalist who worked for the newspaper El Mercurio for 30 years))
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