Benjamín Errázuriz
Manuel José Benjamín Errázuriz Ortúzar (5 October 1865 – 25 January 1952) was a Chilean lawyer, businessman and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Cauquenes, Constitución and Chanco from 1906 to 1909. He was a member of the Liberal Party.
Biography
Errázuriz was born in Santiago on 5 October 1865, the son of José Agustín Errázuriz Salas and Cornelia Ortúzar Gandarillas. He attended Colegio San Ignacio from 1876 to 1883 and later studied law at the University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 7 September 1889.
On 2 April 1894, he married María Lastarria Pardo, with whom he had eight children.
Errázuriz worked as a commercial and stockbroker. He served as manager of the Banco de Concepción and of the Viña del Mar sugar refinery. In 1902, he became manager of the Compañía de Refinería de Azúcar de Penco.
He later served as a director of the Compañía Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego in 1923 and as managing director of the Compañía Estañífera de Llallagua in the same year.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Party, Errázuriz was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Cauquenes, Constitución and Chanco for the 1906–1909 legislative term.
He died in Santiago on 25 January 1952, aged 86.