Diego de la Vega (Contador)

Diego de la Vega
Visitador General of the Real Hacienda of Buenos Aires
Monarch Charles IV
Personal details
Born Diego de la Vega y Pascual
c.1770
León, Spain
Died May 6, 1812
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Spanish
Spouse(s) Manuela Balladares
María Dolores Cárdenas González Ortiz
Occupation Government
Profession Accountant

Diego de la Vega (1770s–1812) was a Spanish nobleman, Contador Mayor in the Tribunal de Cuentas de Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[1] He also served as Minister of Real Hacienda de Buenos Aires.[2]

Biography

Diego de la Vega was born in León, Spain, son of Juan Antonio de la Vega and Isabel Pascual Álvarez, belonging to an eminent family.[3] He had arrived in the port of Buenos Aires, around the year 1803, to take charge of the position entrusted to him by the king as Inspector General of the Royal Treasury.[4]

Diego de la Vega had an outstanding performance in the political life of Buenos Aires, taking part in the defense and reconquest of the city, during the British invasions of the River Plate.[5] In 1810, he was one of those attending the Open Cabildo (May Revolution), granting his vote for the continuity of the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.[6]

In 1806, de la Vega was married for the second time to María Timotea Dolores Cárdenas, born in Buenos Aires, daughter of Rufino Cardenas Barajas del Castillo, born in Archidona, and Ventura González Ortiz y Rosellón, born in Écija. He and his wife were the parents of Ventura de la Vega, famous writer and dramatist.[7]

References

  1. ↑ España, 1808: el gobierno de la monarquía, Feliciano Barrios,José Antonio Escudero
  2. ↑ Los coloniales, Ricardo Rojas
  3. ↑ Matrimonios 1760–1808, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  4. ↑ Catálogo de la colección Mata Linares. Vol. IV., Real Academia de la Historia
  5. ↑ Documentos relativos a la actuación de Martín de Alzaga en la reconquista y en la defensa de Buenos Aires (1806–1807), Enrique Williams Alzaga
  6. ↑ La revolución de mayo:, Setembrino E. Pereda
  7. ↑ Parroquia madrileña de San Sebastián: algunos personajes de su archivo, Spain
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