Background
Marcó del Pont was born in Vigo, Spain, the son of Buenaventura Marcó del Pont y Porí and of Juana Ángel Díaz y Méndez.
Marcó del Pont was born in Vigo, Spain, the son of Buenaventura Marcó del Pont y Porí and of Juana Ángel Díaz y Méndez.
He migrated to Buenos Aires in the 1790s and established a successful business. In 1807 he lent the Cabildo more than 12,000 pesos to offset losses incurred in the English invasions. He died December 28, 1836, in Andalucia, Spain.