Juan Mariano de Goyeneche
Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Gamio, 3rd Count of Guaqui (4 February 1834 – 6 July 1924), was a Peruvian diplomat and politician. Biography. Goyeneche was born in Arequipa into a prominent family. He was a nephew of the royalist general José Manuel de Goyeneche, who as commander-in-chief of Upper Peru defeated the revolutionary army in the battle of Huaqui and was created 1st Count of Guaqui by Fernando VII in 1817. When the independence of Peru was declared in 1821, his parents decided to remain in the country. He was educated at the Seminary  School of Arequipa, under his uncle Archbishop , and the Seminary of Nobles at Bergara, Spain. He entered the diplomatic service as attaché at Peruvian legation in Madrid and during three years he received private classes by the jurist Eustaquio Laso, professor at the Central University of Madrid. In 1855 he was invested Knight of the Order of Santiago. In 1859 he returned to Peru to devoted himself to the management of the family properties. The following year he was elected Deputy for Arequipa and was reelected in 1861, 1864 and from 1871 to 1874. When President Manuel Pardo offered him  the Ministry of Interior, he refused it for political dissent and retired to Arequipa. In 1873 he and his family moved to Paris living in Castel Gamio (now ), a chateau at Saint-Cloud, where they remained several years. In 1877 he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France and likewise Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain and to the Holy See in 1879. He was President of the Peruvian Commission to the Exposition Universelle of 1878 and as Peruvian representative ratified the Treaty of Bern in 1879. That same year he promoted and signed the definitive Treaty of Peace that established diplomatic relations  between Peru and Spain. In 1887 he was appointed Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See, a post he retained until 1920 when was promoted to ambassador. He died in 1924 in San Sebastián, Spain. Family. He married Juana de la Puente y Risco, 7th Marquise of Villafuerte, 2nd Countess of Casa Saavadra, in 1860 in Lima. They had eleven children: