Diego de la Vega (Contador)

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

For the fictional character, see Zorro.
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is de la Vega and the second or maternal family name is Pascual.
Diego de la Vega
Contador Mayor of the Tribunal Mayor de Cuentas de Buenos Aires
In office
1800–1807
MonarchCharles IV
Preceded by?
Succeeded byRamón de Oromi
Personal details
Born
Diego de la Vega y Pascual

c.1770
León, Spain
DiedMay 6, 1812
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalitySpanish
Spouse(s)Manuela Balladares
María Dolores Cárdenas González Ortiz
Occupationgovernment
Professionaccountant
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Years of service1806-1807
Battles/warsBritish invasions of the River Plate

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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