The Pey family was distinguished family with Spanish origins. Family members were judges, mayors,[1] and a president, the first Creole to exercise executive power in New Granada. During the nineteenth century many family clans gain influence through relationship with the state and administrative positions. New Granada's Independence was led mostly by elite creoles or criollos and various high-ranking colonial bureaucrats and their upper-status families, one of this families were the Peys.[2][3]

Pey family
CountryColombia
Place of originSpain
FounderJuan Francisco Pey y Ruiz
Final rulerJosé Miguel Pey
Connected familiesAndrade family
Bastidas family
Ruiz family
Insinillas family

They exercied wide influence on the clergy of New Granada, fostering in them the pro-independence patriotic sentiment.

Surname

Old surname, infrequent and registered mainly in the province of Barcelona, its presence being notable in those of Girona and Madrid.[4]

Notable members

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Portrait of first President of Colombia José Miguel Pey

References

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  1. ^ Gossain, Juan (2021-07-01). Colombia desde la pluma de Juan Gossain: De la sordidez de las sombras al lado luminoso del país (in Spanish). Intermedio Editores S.A.S. ISBN 978-958-757-994-9.
  2. ^ Granados, Rafael M. (2019-04-16). Historia General de Colombia: Prehistoria-Conquista-Colonia-Independencia y República (in Spanish). Ediciones LAVP. ISBN 978-0-463-15221-8.
  3. ^ Uran, Victor Uribe (2001). State and Society in Spanish America During the Age of Revolution. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8420-2874-5.
  4. ^ Familiar, Instituto de Historia y Heráldica (2016-03-13). "Apellido Pey: Origen, Historia y Significado". www.heraldicafamiliar.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-01.