Diego de la Vega (Contador)
Diego de la Vega 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. He also was the Minister of Real Hacienda de Buenos Aires.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. 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.
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. In 1810, he was one of those attending the Open Cabildo, granting his vote for the continuity of the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.
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 :es:Ventura de la Vega|Ventura de la Vega, famous writer and dramatist.
