Pedro Lucio Cuadra

Pedro Lucio Cuadra Luque (14 April 1842 – 24 April 1894) was a Chilean engineer and politician. He studied in the university of his native city, and when still very young was attached to the scientific commission that the government appointed to make a geographical study of the Chilean territory, his personal efforts assuring the success of the commission's work. In 1874, the owners of the newly discovered silver mines at Caracoles, Bolivia, gave Cuadra the general superintendence of the works, and in 1876 he was appointed president of the Bank of Valparaiso. During Aníbal Pinto's administration Cuadra was several times offered a portfolio in the cabinet, but declined it, and in 1882 he accepted that of finance under President Domingo Santa María, distinguishing himself by important reforms. Being a member of the cabinet that negotiated the treaty of peace with Spain, he used all his influence in favor of its negotiation, and King Alfonso XII awarded him the Great Cross of Naval Merit. He was elected senator in 1882 for six years, and was president of the senate in 1886.

Pedro Lucio Cuadra
Personal details
Born(1842-04-14)14 April 1842
Santiago, Chile
Died24 April 1894(1894-04-24) (aged 52)

Notes
    gollark: Another refusal?!
    gollark: > attempts to breed razorcrests with boreals> struggles to find them on breedables page> eventually finds them> two boreals, one refusal
    gollark: I suspect it's because 2G prizes are becoming less rare too.
    gollark: ~~because people will check their dragons' pages more~~
    gollark: ~~to drive up views and ad revenue~~

    References
    • Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Cuadra, Pedro Lucio" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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