Background Information

Number of voters: about 600 in 1774

Constituency business
Date Candidate Votes
15 Feb. 1715 RICHARD VAUGHAN
24 Apr. 1722 RICHARD VAUGHAN
5 Sept. 1727 RICHARD VAUGHAN
7 May 1734 WILLIAM VAUGHAN
26 May 1741 WILLIAM VAUGHAN
2 July 1747 WILLIAM VAUGHAN
Main Article

The Vaughans of Corsygedol, who possessed the leading interest in Merioneth, represented the county as Tories without opposition from 1701. Although Watkin Williams Wynn of Wynnstay had inherited the important Rhiwgoch estate in 1719, he made no attempt to interfere in the affairs of Merioneth.1P. D. G. Thomas, ‘Parl. Rep. Merioneth during the 18th Cent.’, Merion. Hist. Jnl. iii. 128-36.

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  • 1. P. D. G. Thomas, ‘Parl. Rep. Merioneth during the 18th Cent.’, Merion. Hist. Jnl. iii. 128-36.