DE LA GUARDIA 



CRISTOBAL DE LA GUARDIA 



Lawyer; official. 



Cristobal de la Guardia was born on 

 the eighteenth of July, 1859, in the town 

 of Guanabacoa, Havana Province. There, 

 in the Church schools, he took his early 

 education and continued thereafter in the 

 colleges of Havana and the University 

 where he studied law, obtaining the degree 

 of Licentiate in Law in 1880. 



In addition to the practice of his pro- 

 fession Senor de la Guardia has held various 

 public offices and occupied positions of 

 importance, among them being: Secretary 

 of the Board of Patrons of the Hospital 

 for the Insane of Cuba; Counsel of the 

 Board of Aldermen of Havana; Consulting 

 Attorney of the Board of Aldermen of 

 Guanabacoa; Senator for the Province of 

 Havana and Secretary of Justice in the 

 Cabinet of President Menocal. 



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