The district of Temperley outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was named after a famous railway engineer. This branch of the Temperley family immigrated from England shortly after steam technology was replaced by the internal combustion engine in England (information supplied by Alec Temperley alect(at)cfsm.com.au).
The story as far as I know it, told from my fathers, was that Temperley was one of the wealthiest man in Argentina. He had so much land that it included part of today's Buenos Aires. When the railroad was starting to develop in Argentina, he gave it to them. As part of the railroad's grattitude, they named a station after him, called "Temperley". Afterwards, Temperley became a district, not exactly a city (Buenos Aires is composed of Districts, Temperley being one of them). Later on a Temperley married a Viel, known as Viel-Temperley. Being that they were both high society families with wealth, the surname was known as Viel-Temperley, and it is still a very respected name in Argentina. The story goes that the land was divided and some was gambled. Nothing of the wealth is left today. (information supplied by Ignacio Viel-Temperley VIEL(at)prodigy.net).
The following images of Temperley were provided by Bruno Cariglino brunoac(at)hotmail.com He is a founding member of an association to preserve the architectural heritage and characteristics of the Temperley www.fuenteovejuna.org.ar
This beautiful brick home (above) isn't actually in Temperley but in the district of Lomas de Zamora, just two blocks away. The district of Lomas de Zamora includes different cities such as Banfield, Lomas de Zamora and Temperley, but everything is altogether without division (except a pointed line in a map). This house is a good representation of the style of houses common in Temperley so it is included here..
St. Andrews presbiterian church (above)
Temperley train station circa 1900 after being enlarged (above)
The La Piedad catholic church in Temperley. Lomas de Zamora can be seen in the background.