Pedro Nolasco de Soto

Pedro Nolasco de Soto y Colom (20 January 1848 – 26 July 1908) was a Spanish civil engineer who was named co-president of Recreativo de Huelva in its second-ever meeting in 1889.

Early life and education Pedro Nolasco de Soto was born in Seville on 20 January 1848, as the first-born son of Maria Luisa Colom y Colom and Cádiz-born Ricardo de Soto y Lavaggi, a banker.

Professional career After graduating, Nolasco de Soto carried out several public works projects in the province of Seville throughout the 1870s, He also helped Sundheim in many other initiatives, such as in the first chalet that he built in Punta Umbría. His appointment was most likely not only to demonstrate the presence of members of the Huelva bourgeoisie in the club, but also because of the convenience of having a president of Spanish nationality, with Nolasco de Soto being the chosen Spaniard due to his knowledge of the English language, and perhaps because of his previous experience as a director of a sailing club, not to mention that he was the director of the Huelva-Zafra railway tracks, which bordered the fields where the club played football and cricket at that time. Either way, his role in the club was simply honorary, and likewise, in 1892, he disappeared from the board.

Personal life and death On 3 April 1899, the 51-year-old Nolasco de Soto married the 35-year-old Rosa Maria Aldaz y Sancho, and the couple had a son, Pedro Nolasco de Soto y Aldaz.

Nolasco de Soto died in Huelva on 26 July 1908, at the age of 60.