| Honorific Prefix: | Escribano |
| Antón García Caro | |
| Order: | Notario Mayor de Gobierno of |
| Office: | Buenos Aires |
| Term Start: | 1588 |
| Term End: | 1600 |
| Order2: | Procurador General of |
| Office2: | Buenos Aires |
| Term Start2: | ? |
| Term End2: | ? |
| Monarch2: | Philip III |
| Predecessor2: | Juan Fernández de Enciso |
| Successor2: | ? |
| Birth Date: | 1560 |
| Death Date: | 1624 |
| Spouse: | Juana Gómez de Sanabria y Sotomayor |
| Awards: | is not set --> |
Antón García Caro (1560-c.1624) was a Spanish jurist and politician, who performed legal functions during the Viceroyalty of Peru,[1] serving as escribano and procurador of Buenos Aires.[2]
He was born in Carmona, Seville, Spain, son of a Spanish family of Basque ancestors. He was married to María Gómez de Sanabria, daughter of Captain Juan Gómes de Sanabria and María de Sotomayor y Ruiz de Orellana, a noble woman possibly linked to the House of Méndez de Sotomayor.[3]
Antón García Caro arrived at the Río de la Plata from Cádiz in the expedition Alonso de Vera y Aragón.[4] He belonged to the second contingent of settlers that was established in the city of Buenos Aires after the second foundation.[5] In 1588, Juan Torre de Vera y Aragón granted him lands located in the vicinity of Luján river.[6]