Lozada family
The Lozada family is an aristocratic Spanish family originally from Galicia. In Galicia, the family were vast landowners of agricultural estates. Family members currently hold titles such as Count of Palancar, which predates the ruling house of House of Bourbon’s rule over Spain. Another title the family holds is the title of Viscount of Guadalupe, granted in 1667. Other titles include Count of Alamo, Count of Bagaes, Viscount San Bernardo, and Marquis di San Miniato.[1] This last title is not recognized by the Spanish crown, as it was awarded to the family by the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[2]
The family also has a town in Portugal, near the Galician border named after them, called Lousada.
During the European colonization of the Americas, the family split into multiple branches, establishing lineages in Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, and England.
The surname has multiple variations due to territorial diversity.
British branch
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Established in London and Devon in the 18th century, the family started trading sugar across the world. They held agricultural enterprises in Jamaica and Barbados. They funded the only synagogue in Barbados during a time of need in the 19th century. Today, the surname Losada is sometimes found in the Caribbean. These cases are mostly due to plantation laborers taking the name of the plantation owners. The British branch built the English Estate known as Peak House, Sidmouth. The most famous figure of this branch of the family was Emanuel Lousada who died being worth 12 million British Pounds in 2025 currency.[3]
Francis Lousada was appointed by Queen Victoria to represent her in Massachusetts and Rhodesia Island.[4]
This branch claims succession rights to the Duchy of Losada.[5]
Colombian-Venezuelan branch
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The first branch to establish itself in the Americas was the Colombian-Venezuelan Losada family branch, founded by Diego de Losada, a conquistador of Venezuela and a founder of its capital city, Santiago de Leon de Caracas.
To this day, the family is still relevant in business and private enterprises in Colombia and Venezuela.
Colombian politician Juan Carlos Lozada is a contemporary descendant of the family.
Peruvian branch and cadet branches
[edit]This branch is the most continuously prosperous, descended from the first generation of American Losadas in Venezuela. This branch settled in Lima and Arequipa.
In Lima, the family founded the Italian clinic, also known as the Lozada clinic, in the San Isidro district of Lima. Doctor Gerardo Lozada is known for his medical service and philanthropic support during the case of Lina Medina.
The Lozada family townhouse stood on Av. Arequipa 2575. The home was written about in Augusto Tamayo’s 2024 book on Lima architects.
A branch of the family that settled in the north married into the Aljovín family and the Mulanovich family. This marriage would produce Inés Aljovín de Losada de Mulanovich, mother of Olympian athlete Sofia Mulanovich.
The family has produced multiple politicians. Some of them include Yolanda Lozada Stanbury, Cristóbal de Losada y Puga, Jorge Lozada Stanbury, Daniel Lozada, Elías Lozada Benavente, Jorge Lozada Paz, Benigno Lozada Murillo, and Alfredo Lozada.[6]
In the realm of philanthropy, the family has donated land around Cayma for public works, notably today’s Melgar Street. Hermelinda Lozada was a children’s benefactor as well as Samuel Lozada Tamayo, founder of the Arequipa Museum of Contemporary Art.[7]
The Peruvian branch also has a small cadet branch in Bolivia to which former president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is related.
The contributions of the Peruvian Lozadas to the arts have been vast. Samuel Lozada Tamayo donated much of his wealth to the museum he founded, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Arequipa. Additionally, Victor Lozada is a celebrated writer, and Amalia Puga de Losada was an early feminist writer. Most recently Carlos Lozada Rodriguez-Pastor, cousin of billionaire Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor, won a Pulitzer in political journalism.
The contributions to education have not been limited either. The family founded Colegio Anglo-Americano Prescott in the mid-20th century, a renowned IB-certified global prep school, founded by Samuel Lozada Tamayo.
A plurality of socialites have been members of the family through time, among them Jane Ricketts York de Lozada, Hermelinda Lozada Murillo, Amalia Puga de Losada, Læke Blichefeldt de Lozada, and Gonzalo del Solar Vargas.
One of the first relevant Lozadas in Peruvian history was Juan Francisco de la Cuadra-Bodega y de Mollinedo, son of Francisca de Mollinedo y Losada de la Cuadra-Bodega.
Marriage links
[edit]Through marriage, the family is related to the following families.
References
[edit]- ^ Acha, Jaime de Salazar y (2001). Estudio histórico sobre una familia extremeña, los Sánchez Arjona (in Spanish). RAMHG. ISBN 978-84-88833-01-3.
- ^ "Vizcondado de Guadalupe", Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (in Spanish), 2024-11-19, retrieved 2025-02-27
- ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Emanuel Lousada", Wikipedia, 2024-12-14, retrieved 2025-02-27
- ^ "A fashionable Wolseley wedding … but were the Lousada family really dukes?".
- ^ "Municipalidad de Cayma | UBICA Inmobiliaria AREQUIPA" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Museo de Arte Contemporaneo — News & Blog". talavera-ballon. 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2025-02-27.