page_title: Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea
section_title: Consulate of the United States
hierarchical_section_title: Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea / Diplomat / Consulate of the United States
context_page_description: Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea, MA BE KHS was a Mexican historian, diplomat, scholar, professor, art collector and sugarcane entrepreneur who made significant contributions toward the study of the haciendas of the State of Jalisco in the twentieth century. He spoke Spanish, English, French, Italian and Latin fluently. He authored and published numerous articles for newspapers and specialized magazines in Mexico, South America, Spain, United Kingdom and United States. His enthusiasm for History led him to become a professor of Regional History at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in 1965. Later on, in 1973, he earned his MA degree in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico. He is especially mentioned by Mexican academics Mauricio Beuchot and José María Murià as an early historian of the haciendas in Western Mexico.
context_section_description: 1945: he was appointed as Advisor for Cultural Affairs to the United States consulate in Guadalajara.
caption: The city of Downey, California became a Sister city of Guadalajara in 1960 during Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea's presidency of the Asociación Consular de Guadalajara.