Miguel Duffy Explained

Miguel Duffy
Office1:Mayor of Carmen de Areco
Term Start1:1874
Term End1:1875
Predecessor1:Manuel Ramos
Successor1:Balodomero Lamela
Order3:Mayor of Carmen de Areco
Term Start3:1878
Term End3:1880
Predecessor3:Manuel Ramos
Successor3:Melchor Ibarzábal
Order4:Mayor of Carmen de Areco
Term Start4:1881
Term End4:1887
Predecessor4:Joaquín Canavery
Successor4:Ramón A. Muñoz
Order5:Mayor of Carmen de Areco
Term Start5:1893
Term End5:1895
Predecessor5:Mariano J. Romero
Successor5:Pedro Dutey
Birth Name:Miguel Antonio Duffy Taaffe
Birth Date:1845
Birth Place:Carmen de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Date:July 22, 1925
Death Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse:Francisca de Magallanes
Party:National Autonomist Party
Radical Civic Union

Miguel Duffy (1845–1925) was an Argentine landowner, merchant and politician, who served for several periods as Intendant of Carmen de Areco, in the Buenos Aires province.

Biography

He was born in Carmen de Areco, the son of John Duffy, born in Longford, and Elizabeth Taaffe, born in Westmeath. He was married in the Parish Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Areco to Francisca de Magallanes, daughter of Saturnino Magallanes and María Josefa Sierra, belonging to an old family of the town of Areco. He and his wife were the parents of several children, including Eduardo Duffy, a distinguished rancher and politician who served for several terms as congressman of Córdoba.

His wife was related to María Ceballos Blanco, the wife of Joaquín Canavery, intendant of Areco in 1856–1857.

Duffy was appointed for the first time to occupy the position of mayor of the town of Areco in 1874, being replaced by Baldomero Lamela. He returned to occupy the leadership of the town between 1878 and 1879, 1881–1887 and 1893–1894.

In 1900, Miguel Duffy founded the town of Wheelwright in General López, Santa Fe Province. He was also dedicated to agriculture, he owned land in the villages of Areco and Colón.

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