Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León
Politician, Deceased Person
1749 – 1830
Who was Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León?
Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León was a Spanish military commander and politician.
A grandson of the founder of the "Alvear" wine company of Montilla, he was the father of the Argentine politician Carlos María de Alvear, grandfather of another Argentine politician, Torcuato de Alvear, and great-grandfather of Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, the president of Argentina between 1922 and 1928.
He took the name of his grandfather, Diego de Alvear y Escalera, the founder of Alvear. Ponce de León belonged, therefore, to an important family of wine growers in Andalusia.
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- Born
- 1749
- Children
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Died
- 1830
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on July 23, 2013
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