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- Death record referred to findmypast.com, have not bothered to pay for details
Also Frances Fitz-Warne Bourchied d. 1982 Chile (great aunt)
Also Marion EF Bourchier 1875 -1946-50 died Chile
- Found in Masonic Genealogy: BOURCHIER, HUGH PLUNKET d. 1885
http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=BethesdaV
From Proceedings, Page 1885-122:
R.W. HUGH PLUNKET BOURCHIER, of Valparaiso, Chili. Under date of May 11, 1885, R. W. David Trumbull, D.D., District Deputy Grand Master for the District of Chili, announces the death of R.W. H. Plunket Bourchier, a member of Bethesda Lodge, at Valparaiso, Chili, and thrice its Worshipful Master. He was D.D. Grand Master of the District during the years 1874 and 1875. Bro. Bourchier was one of the most prominent members of the Craft in Chili, esteemed in foreign and native circles and Lodges. Tributes of respect and sympathy were forwarded from many sources. His loss will long be felt in Masonic and other circles. Bro. Bourchier was a native of Gibraltar, and was forty-eight years of age.
Chile District Deputy Grand Master 1873-1876,
Master Bethesda Lodge 1862, 1863, 1871
- References to HPB found in genealogical searches
Masonry:
‘In 1870 Merino won the authorization of the Grand Council to install a Supreme Grand Council in Chile, which was formed on 11 May of that year under his direction as Sovereign Grand Master with members: George Kendall and Hugh Plunkett Bourchier, of Bethesda; former Master Juan de Dios Arlegui, the then Grand Master Francisco Javier new and Benicio Gonzdez, Grand Orator and the Grand Lodge and future Grand Master.’
Jockey Club:
On June 1, 1882 the association was transformed into a limited liability and legal character called "Sporting Club" society. The board was formed by Hugo Plunket Bourchier as president; John Stewart Jackson as secretary and treasurer Guillermo Lazonby (same members of the association). During the early years of this partnership, the races were governed by the regulations of the Jockey Club of England, however, they were modified through an own regulations drafted in 1884 and implemented in the spring of that year
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