Jorge Miguel Lozano, Marquis of San Jorge

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Jorge Miguel Lozano de Peralta
Marquis of San Jorge
Portrait of Jorge Miguel Lozano, by Joaquín Gutiérrez (Bogotá Museum of Colonial Art).
Alma materDel Rosario University
TitleMarquis of San Jorge of Bogotá
SuccessorJosé María Lozano de Peralta

Jorge Miguel Lozano de Peralta y Varaes Maldonado de Mendoza y Olaya (Santafé, December 13, 1731-Cartagena de Indias, New Kingdom of Granada August 11, 1793), was a Colombian aristocrat, First Marquis of San Jorge de Bogotá, and eighth owner of the "mayorazgo" of the same name, a businessman and politician. descendant of Spanish and Creole elite. Served as mayor of Bogotá and is well known for being the richest man of Colombia during the 18th-century.[1]

  1. ^ Phelan, John Leddy (2010-09-01). The People and the King: The Comunero Revolution in Colombia, 1781. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-07293-3.