Francisco Lecocq

During his stay at the park near the Santa Lucía River, which today is named after him, he experimented with wine production and forestry.

He imported special plants and animals; he also investigated the cultivation of silkworms, which was to become the first serious effort after that of Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga.

Along with Federico Nin Reyes and Charles Tellier, Lecocq is credited as being an inventor of a type of refrigerating plant for use on ocean vessels, to preserve meats and other perishable food.

[1] Back in Uruguay, he played a key role during the Uruguayan Civil War.

His grandfather, Pedro Lecocq, was Flemish and his grandmother, Maria Osney, an immigrant Irishwoman.