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<p>The Vaughans of Corsygedol, who possessed the leading interest in Merioneth, represented the county as Tories without opposition from 1701. Although <a href="/landingpage/59154" title="Watkin Williams Wynn of Wynnstay" class="link">Watkin Williams Wynn of Wynnstay</a> had inherited the important Rhiwgoch estate in 1719, he made no attempt to interfere in the affairs of Merioneth.<a class='fnlink' id='t1' href='#fn1'>1<span>P. D. G. Thomas, ‘Parl. Rep. Merioneth during the 18th Cent.’, <em>Merion. Hist. Jnl.</em> iii. 128-36.</span></a></p>