Background
LARCO HERRERA, Rafael was born on July 22, 1872 in Lima. Son of Rafael V. Larco and Josefina Herrera de Larco.
agriculturalist and public man
LARCO HERRERA, Rafael was born on July 22, 1872 in Lima. Son of Rafael V. Larco and Josefina Herrera de Larco.
Educated Colegio Nacional de San Juan (Trujillo), Institute Internacional de Lima.
Field administrator of the Hacienda Chiquitoy, 1890. Of the Hacienda Chiclin, 1895. Treasurer of the Patriotic Junta of the District of Santiago de Cao, 1890 • president of the Radical Party, 1896.
Of the Patriotic Assembly of the Chicama Valley, 1897. Manager of the firm Negociación Agricola Azucarera Larco Herrera Hermanos, 1901. President of the Sanitary Committee of the Chicama Valley, 1902.
Of the Committee on Sugar 1928. Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1931. Minister of Finance, 1931.
President of the publishing house “La Crónica” y “Variedades," S.A., Ltda., 1931. Of the Patriotic Union, 1931. Of the Colecta Nacional en la Libertad, 1932.
Sociedad Geográfica del Perú. Sociedad de Historia y Geografía, Mexico City. Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País, Madrid.
Institución Histórica Americana de Relaciones Culturales, Madrid. Sociedad Científica "Antonio Alzate,” Mexico City. Sociedad de Historia y Arqueología, Lima.
National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. Sociedad Forestal, Mexico City. Sociedad Nacional Agraria, Lima.
Club Nacional, Lima; Cámara de Comercio, Trujillo. Sociedad “Amigos de los Niños” (president, 1933). Decorations: Knight of Agrarian Merit, France.
Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, France. Knight of the Order of Alfonso XII, Spain.
Married Esther Hoyle. Children: Rafael, Constante, and Javier.