Background
Guillermo Patterson Y Jauregui was born on May 20, 1868 in Havana, Cuba. He was a son of Jacobo Patterson y Dolarea and Rita Maria y (Lamar) Jauregui.
Guillermo Patterson Y Jauregui was born on May 20, 1868 in Havana, Cuba. He was a son of Jacobo Patterson y Dolarea and Rita Maria y (Lamar) Jauregui.
Guillermo Patterson Y Jauregui held a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Havana Law School.
Guillermo Patterson Y Jauregui entered Cuban diplomatic service in 1902. From 1902 to 1906 he served as a consul in Liverpool, England. From 1906 to 1908 he worked as a consul general in Great Britain. From 1908 to 1909 Jauregui was a first secretary at Cuban Legation in Spain as well as a consul general in Germany. From 1911 to 1925 he was an assistant secretary of State in Cuba.
In 1934 he became ambassador of Cuba to the United States. As a Cuban ambassador in 1936 he created an insatiable demand for North American products. The Cuban "will not resign himself" suggested Jauregui, "to surrender the comforts and material pleasures of more enjoyable life of higher standard." Lack of prosperity "prevents him from satisfying the desire for a better life; but the desire is there just the same, alive, imperious, latent, under constant strain, awaiting the opportunity to be satisfied."
On February 10, 1892 Guillermo Patterson Y Jauregui married Maria Bausa y Ruiz de Apodaca. Later, she died. He married second time to Zoe Sofiano y Wainwright. He had two children: Guillermo, Margarita.