Frank K. Chevallier Boutell

As treasurer of the UAR (then "Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata"), in 1949 Chevallier Boutell organized a fundraiser to secure a visit from France national team, the first tour a top-level international team had ever undertaken in the country. Chevallier Boutell first traveled to France to arrange the invitation and then took charge of the campaign to raise the necessary funds, as the Union lacked the required resources.^[3] Some local clubs also helped the initiative, Hindú Club gave its training field in Don Torcuato while Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (mostly known as "GEBA") gave its stadium, Estadio GEBA, for the matches held in Buenos Aires.^[6]

Boutell also made the arrangements to get loans from the Banco de Londres and Banco de América del Sud. The France tour on Argentina was not only a landmark for Argentine rugby but a financial success so the Union totalised revenues for m$n 72,308,69, an amount higher than ever before.^[3]

He was born in Quilmes, son of Arthur Brandon Chevallier Boutell, born in England, and María Josefina García Osorio, belonging to an ancient family of Creole roots.^[7] He was graduated as a lawyer at the University of Buenos Aires.^[8]

Boutell was nephew of Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell, president of the Argentine Football Association between 1900 and 1906.^[6]

Frank K. Chevallier Boutell was married with Raquel Benegas Lynch, a distinguished lady descendant of Justo Pastor Lynch and Miguel de Riglos Bástida.^[9]