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Felipe Pardo y Barreda, 5th Marquis of Fuente Hermosa de Miranda (22 April 1860 - 7 August 1939) was a Peruvian businessman and diplomat.

Biography

Born in Lima into a prominent family, he was the eldest son of Manuel Pardo y Lavalle and his wife Mariana Barreda y Osma. His father was a leading figure in Peruvian politics being the the founder of the Civil Party and the first civil President of the Republic. Through him, Pardo was a direct descendant of the Marquises of Fuente Hermosa de Miranda.

Pardo attended the Instituto de Lima and afterwards entered the University of San Marcos to study law, letters and political science. At a very young age, he was sent to St Petersburg as attaché to the Peruvian legation.

In 1878, his father, who was President of the Senate by that time, was murdered. This forced him to abandon his studies and to dedicated himself to the administration of his family's properties. From 1881 to 1890, Pardo devoted himself to the administration of the sugar family estate Tumán in North Peru.

When the war with Chile broke out, he entered the Reserve Army as adjutant of its chief of staff, Colonel Julio Tenaud. He participated in the battle of Miraflores in January 1881.

Moved to Europe, Pardo obtained for him and his family the rehabilitation of the Spanish title of Marquis of Fuente Hermosa de Miranda. The title was dormant since the death of his great uncle Pedro Bravo de Rivero y Aliaga, 4th Marquis of Fuente Hermosa, in 1877.

Pardo returned to Peru in 1898 and in the same year moved to Bolivia, where he shared in important business ventures. In 1903, he returned to Peru once again and undertook a journey to the Andean regions to study mineral and agricultural conditions. He was later known as an important advocate for the construction of railroads in these regions.

In 1904, his younger brother José was elected President of the Republic and appointed him minister plenipotentiary to Washington D.C., a post he ocuppied until 1911. This year, President Leguía appointed him also especial envoy to London for the Coronation of King George V, however he later resigned his post for political reasons.

In 1905, he married his first cousin Teresa Barreda y Laos. The couple had only one daughter Teresa Pardo y Barreda, who later married the 15th Duke of Sanlucar la Mayor.

In 1913, he was appointed minister plenipotentary to Buenos Aires, however he resigned his post that same year. When a coup d'etat finished his brother's second tenure in 1919, Pardo and his family went to exile. He first moved to the United States and then to France, where lived the rest of his life.

Pardo died at the Chateau de Caradoc, Bayonne, in 1939.

• 1860 births
• 1939 deaths
• De Osma family
• Politicians from Lima
• National University of San Marcos alumni