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The estancia was named for Harberton, the home of his wife, Mary Ann Varder (1842-1922), in Devon, England. Bridges was the author of a dictionary of the Yámana or Yaghan language , and their son Lucas Bridges (1874-1949) wrote The Uttermost Part of the Earth about his boyhood, the Yahgan people , and the family's adventures in getting the ...
Harberton is a village, civil parish and former manor 3 miles south west of Totnes, in the South Hams District of Devon, England. The parish includes the village of Harbertonford situated on the main A381 road. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,285. [1] The village is a major part of the electoral ward of Avon and Harbourne
Estancia Moat is a large farm in southern Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego facing Beagle Channel. It is the southernmost cattle farm in the World. [ 1 ] Estancia moat is connected by road to Estancia Harberton and Ushuaia .
In 1886 Thomas Bridges resigned his position as a missionary; Lucas helped his father to create the Estancia Harberton (named after his mother's hometown in England), a sheep farming ranch, in a sheltered bay on the coast of the Beagle Channel. The location was a Yahgan safe port.
The many great estates subsequently held by William's barons in Devon were known as "honours". Chief amongst them were Plympton, Okehampton, Barnstaple, Totnes and Harberton. In the 12th century, the honour of Plympton, along with the Earldom of Devon, was given to the Redvers family. In the following century, it passed to the Courtenays, who ...
[3] [4] [5] She married James Spencer Pomeroy (1836–1912) on 2 April 1861, and in 1862 she became Viscountess Harberton when he became the 6th Viscount Harberton. They had four children, Aline Florence, Hilda Evelyn, Ernest Arthur George (1867–1944, 7th Viscount), and Ralph Legge (1869–1956, 8th Viscount). [1] [2]
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The estancia was named in honour of Masters’ daughter Cristina. Located on the coast of Brazo Cristina, a northern channel of Argentino Lake, Estancia Cristina is a working sheep ranch offering tourism activities such as horseback riding, hiking, and fishing. The Estancia's lodge has 20 rooms distributed over five buildings.