mArquez sterling 



MANUEL MARQUEZ STERLING Y 

 LORET DE MOLA 



Journalist; diplomat; au- 

 thor. 



Manuel MArquez Sterling y Loket 

 de Mola was born in Lima, Peru, at the 

 Cuban Legation in that city on the 28th of 

 August, 1872. He comes of distinguished 

 Cuban parentage, being in both lines of de- 

 scent associated with illustrious and ancient 

 families in the town of Camaguey. His 

 father, Manuel Marquez Sterling, took 

 part in the War of Separation in 1868, and 

 was sent to South America to secure the 

 recognition and protection of Cuban pa- 

 triots in South American countries. After 

 Peru had recognized the independence of 

 Cuba, his father remained there for some 

 time, representing as Minister Plenipo- 

 tentiary the Cuban President Carlos Man- 



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