[1] As the son of a well-off family from Seville, Nolasco de Soto completed his studies abroad, doing so at the Catholic Institute in Liverpool in the 1860s, together with two of his cousins from Jerez de la Frontera, such as Pedro Nolasco González y Soto [es].

[3] After graduating, Nolasco de Soto carried out several public works projects in the province of Seville throughout the 1870s,[1] which included the construction of a bridge over the Guadalquivir,[3] the construction of the Seville-Huelva railway line, where he checked weights and loads on the Manzanilla and Sanlúcar la Mayor sections of that railway.

[1] For the latter case, he had to make several commissions between Paris and London in 1876 for iron material to build the line, which was finally completed and opened to traffic on 1 April 1880.

[1][3] In 1876, together with his younger brother Luis, he was a founding member of the Sociedad Sevillana de Regatas, a sport that he discovered whilst in Liverpool, and then serving the society as a director for many years.

[1][2][5][6][7] 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.