Career
He was Ambassador to Germany, Russia, Chile and Brazil and minister of Foreign Relations. Lavalle was born at Lima as son of Juan Bautista de Lavalle y Zugasti, count of San Antonio de Vista Alegre, and Narcisa Arias de Saavedra y Bravo, daughter of first count of Casa Saavedra. He was educated at Colegio Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.
