Early Life and Family
Born in a wealthy family (Manuel was the son of Pedro Español González de Candamo y Astorga (Puerto de Valparaiso, Chile, 30 June 1799 - Lima, 22 January 1866), Peruvian Ambassador - then the richest man in Peru -, and wife (1825) María de las Mercedes Iriarte y Odria); paternal grandson of Alfonso González de Candamo y Prieto (born in Asturias the son of Gaspar González de Candamo and wife Eulalia Prieto) and wife Petronila de Astorga y Urizar (born in Valparaiso) and maternal grandson of Pedro Ignacio Iriarte y Velasco-Patiño, Mine owner from Huancayo, who bought the Hacienda Lobatón in 1819 and half of the Hacienda Cónsac, and wife Paula Odria y Granados, daughter of the owners of Hacienda Rumichaca Juan Ignacio Odria and wife Manuela Granados, sister of Marcelo Granados (La Asunción de Mito, 1758 - ?), Governor of La Trinidad de Huancayo.
Manuel Candamo spend his early years in the "Colegio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe". After graduating from High School, he was accepted in the National University of San Marcos, where he obtained a bachelor's degree on Jurisprudence.
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