Background
LYON PEÑA, Arturo was born on September 7, 1880 in Paris. Son of Arturo Lyon Santa Maria and Ana Peña Warnes.
agriculturalist lawyer and public man
LYON PEÑA, Arturo was born on September 7, 1880 in Paris. Son of Arturo Lyon Santa Maria and Ana Peña Warnes.
Educated Ecolc Saint-Ignace, Ecole de Droit. Ecole des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Paris.
Deputy, 1905; member of the Municipal Council of Santiago, 1913. Senator, 1918; vicepresident of the Senate, 1925. President of the Conservative Party, 1924-1931.
Counselor (consejero) of the Banco A. Edwards y Cía., of the Telephone Company of Chile, and of the Central Chamber of Commerce.
Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura (counselor, 1910). Sociedad Periodística de Chile (president, 1923-1931). Club de la Unión, Santiago.
Club de Viña del March Decorations: Official of the Orders of the Crown of Prussia, of the Crown of Italy, and of Simón Bolívar of Venezuela.
Married Maria Luisa Edwards. Children: Maria, Arturo, Teresa, and Jorge.