Ramón Allende Padín
Ramón Allende Padín Ramón Allende Padín (born March 19, 1845 in Valparaiso, Chile, October 14, 1884) is a Chilean physician, politician and activist, grandfather of President Salvador Allende Gossens. He was a deputy and senator from the Radical Party.
He was the son of José Gregorio Allende Garcés and Salomé Padín Ruiz. He was educated at a high school in Valparaiso and the National Institute in Santiago. In 1865 he graduated from the University of Chile in Santiago. In 1864 he underwent Masonic initiation in Valparaiso, adopting the nickname Rojo (Spanish red) which was a to his red hair. In the years 1876-1879 he was the president of the Medical Society of Santiago. He was also a deputy from the Santiago district (1876-1879), Copiapó and Caldera (1879-1882), and a senator from the nomination of Atacama (from 1882 until his death). During the war, Saletra was the commanding officer of the sanitary services - he was recognized as the founder of the Chilean army's medical services. He was known as a critic and an opponent of the Catholic Church and the founder of the country's first Freemasonry school, Blas Nuevas, in Valparaiso. In 1884 he was elected Grand Master of the Great Lodge of Chile. He died a few months later for diabetes. His funeral was a great political manifestation - among his coffins were two future Chilean presidents - José Manuel Balmaceda and Ramón Barros Luco. His wife, Eugenia Castro del Fierro, had four children: Tomás Allende Castro (grandfather of Isabel Allende), Salvador Allende Castro (father of Salvador Allende Gossens), Ramón Allende Castro and Anja Allende Castro.
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