Francisco Marcó del Pont

Royal Governor of Chile

25 June 1770 Vigo, Galicia, Spain

19 May 1819(1819-05-19) (48) Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

December 26, 1815 – February 12, 1817

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marcó del Pont and the second or maternal family name is Ángel. Francisco Casimiro Marcó del Pont y Ángel (American Spanish:  ; 1770 – May 19, 1819) was a Spanish soldier and the last Governor of Chile. He was one of the main figures of the Chilean independence process, being the final Spaniard to rule as Royal Governor of Chile from 1815 to 1817, when he was deposed and captured by the patriot forces after the Battle of Chacabuco.