LAUGHARNE, Rowland (c.1607-75), of St. Brides, Pemb.

Family and Education

b. c. 1607, 1st s. of John Laugharne of St. Brides by Janet, da. of Sir Hugh Owen of Bodowen, Anglesey and Orielton, Pemb. m. bef. 1643, Anne (d.1681), da. of Sir Thomas Button of Cottrell, St. Nicholas, Glam., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) other ch. suc. fa. c.1638.DWB; Cases in Court of Chivalry (Harl. Soc. cvii), 119.

Offices Held

C.-in-c. Pemb. (parliamentary) 1642, Card. and Carm. 1644, Glam. 1646; gov. Pembroke Castle 1644; maj.-gen. (parliamentary) 1644 – 46, (royalist) 1648.A. L. Leach, Civil War in Pemb. 41, 88, 99–100, 175.

Commr. for assessment, Pemb. 1647, Aug. 1660–74; common councilman, Haverfordwest 1651 – at least59; j.p. Pemb. July 1660 – ?70, 1672 – d., Haverfordwest 1662, dep. lt. Pemb. c. Aug. 1660 – d., commr. for loyal and indigent officers 1662.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 587; 1667–8, p. 54; Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxiv), 95–96, 134.

Gent. of the privy chamber June 1660–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber , 169.

Parlimentarian

LAUGHARNE, Rowland (c.1607-75), of St. Brides, Pemb.

Main residence: St. Brides, Pemb.

Author

L.N.

G.J.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

LAUGHARNE, Rowland (c.1607-75)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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