What is Agustín Ross?
[[File:Agustín Ross.jpg|thumb|Agustín Ross circa 1915, in [[Pichilemu]].]] '''Agustín Ross Edwards''' (February 5, 1844, [[La Serena, Chile|La Serena]], [[Chile]] - October 20, 1926, [[Viña del Mar]], [[Chile]]) was a [[Chilean people|Chilean]] [[politician]], [[diplomatic]] and [[banker]]. He was son of David Ross and Carmen Edwards. He was married with Susana Ferari. == Biography == Ross studied in the [[Carlos Black]] and [[Simon Kerr]] School, in [[La Serena, Chile|La Serena]]. He later went to [[Scotland]], where he studied in the [[Queen Streat Institution]], between [[1856]] and [[1860]]. He participated in the trades of the bank of the Edwards family. He was a private agent in [[London]] of the Government Junta of [[Iquique]] in [[1891]]. He was plenipotenciary minister in [[Great Britain]] in February 1892. Ross went to [[Pichilemu]] circa [[1890]], and he bought some areas in the town. In [[San Fernando, Chile|San Fernando]], in September 1885, he bought the property of Francisco Torrealba, a terrain that lasted at the Pichilemu beach. He first constructed the [[Ross Hotel]] with a European-style design, assigning [[Evaristo Merino]] as its administrator, meanwhile he started promoting [[Pichilemu]] in cities as [[Santiago de Chile]]. He later constructed the [[Ross Casino]] and the [[Ross Park]]. They used materials as: shards from [[Italy]], Oregon pine from the [[United States]], [[Portland cement]]. A Chilean chronicler quoted: {{cquote2|Mr. Agustín Ross throws away his money in [[Pichilemu]], [a place] that will soon become a complete port, just like it is currently, the Chilean [[Biarritz]].|Quote from [[José Arraño Acevedo]]'s book, ''[[Hombres y Cosas de Pichilemu]]'' (2003).}} Ross was militant of the [[National Party (Chile)|National Party of Chile]]. He was Senator of the [[Coquimbo Province]] between 1897 and 1903. Ross died in October 26, 1926, in [[Viña del Mar]]. Later, his succession donated to the [[Municipality of Pichilemu]] their forest, terraces, [[Ross Park|park]], perrons, am