M I L AN E S 



JORGE C. MILANES 



Lawyer; public man. 



Jorge C. Milanes y Figueredo was 

 born in the year 1859 in the town of Ba- 

 yamo and there began his education. In 

 1868 his father took him to the revolution- 

 ary camp and in 187 1 he was taken prisoner 

 with all his family, except only his father, 

 and obliged to leave Cuba. He went to 

 Jamaica and later to Costa Rica where he 

 completed his studies with the degree of 

 Doctor of Laws granted by the University 

 of St. Thomas. 



In 188 1 he returned to Santiago de 

 Cuba and in the following year, having 

 obtained the validation of his degree at the 

 University of Havana, entered upon the 

 practice of his profession, first at Santiago 

 de Cuba and later at Manzanillo. 



When the War of Independence broke 



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