Editing History of Peru (section)

====The twenty-four friends====
One group prevalent in the country's aristocracy was known as ''the twenty-four friends'' ({{langx|es|Los veinticuatro amigos}}), whose members were affiliated with the [[Civilista Party]]. Traditionally it is said that it was founded in a meeting on July 28, 1892. Most of the families that belonged to this group were rentiers, landowners, bankers, businessmen who produced sugar and cotton, newspaper owners, and renowned intellectuals and professionals who belonged to the [[Club Nacional (Peru)|National Club]], where they met weekly on Fridays. The members of the club were:<ref>{{Cite book |title=El Perú desde la intimidad. Epistolario de Manuel Candamo (1873-1904) |last=De la Puente Candamo |first=José Agustín |year=2008 |location=Lima |pages=48 |language=es}}</ref>

*{{ill|Francisco Rosas Balcázar|es}}, diplomat and politician, minister during the government of Manuel Pardo y Lavalle
*Luis Carranza: co-director of ''[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]''.
*{{ill|Pedro Correa y Santiago|es}}, businessman and politician.
*José Antonio Miró Quesada: director and owner of ''El Comercio''.
*Louis Dubois.
*Narciso de Aramburú.
*[[Ernest Malinowski]], Polish engineer.
*Armando Velez.
*{{ill|Domingo Olavegoya Yriarte|es}}, businessman and landowner.
*[[Isaac Alzamora]], renowned lawyer.
*{{ill|Luis Felipe Villarán|es}}: lawyer and minister during the government of Manuel Candamo.
*[[Domingo M. Almenara Butler]].
*{{ill|Estanislao Pardo de Figueroa y de Águila|es}}: lawyer and politician.
*Pedro D. Gallagher Robertson-Gibbs: mining businessman, banker, president of the Chamber of Commerce.
*Ezequiel Álvarez-Calderón
*Manuel Álvarez-Calderón, businessman.
*Calixto Pfeiffer
*[[Carlos Ferreyros]], politician.
*{{ill|Enrique Barreda y Osma|es}}, businessman and politician.
*{{ill|Ántero Aspíllaga Barrera|es}}, businessman and politician.
*{{ill|Luis N. Bryce y de Vivero|es}}, businessman and politician.
*Alejandro Garland, businessman.
*Leonidas Cárdenas

Other characters that also would make up the select group were:
*{{ill|Felipe de Osma y Pardo|es}}
*[[Augusto B. Leguía]]
*{{ill|Felipe Pardo y Barreda|es}}
*[[Francisco Tudela y Varela]]
*[[Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra]]
*{{ill|José Pardo y Aliaga|es}}
*{{ill|Víctor Manuel Maúrtua|es}}