William Cunningham Blest, an Irish doctor, president of the first Medical Society of Chile
On March 21, 1827 was married to María de la Luz Gana Darrigrandi, a girl from a wealthy family and sister-in-law of Manuel Blanco Encalada, which helped Dr. Blest in setting up practice independently in Chile.
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As an important member of Chilean society at the time, William Blest, after being granted Chilean nationality, was in 1832 elected a member of the national congress for Rancagua, a seat he occupied until 1834, but without major interventions.
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