Family and Education
b. c. 1730, 1st s. of Wilmot, 3rd Visct. Lisburne [I] and bro. of Hon. John Vaughan. educ. ?Eton 1742-5. m. (1) 3 July 1754, Elizabeth (d. 19 May 1755), da. of J. G. Nightingale of Mamhead, Devon, sis. and coh. of Washington Nightingale, 1s.; (2) 19 Apr. 1763, Dorothy, da. of John Shafto, M.P., of Whitworth, co. Dur., sis. of Robert Shafto, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. as 4th Visct. 4 Feb. 1766, and uncle, Thomas Watson 1766; cr. Earl of Lisburne [I] 18 July 1776.
Offices Held
Sec. to chancellor of Exchequer Apr. 1761 – May 1762; ld. of Trade Jan. 1769 – Apr. 1770, of Admiralty Apr. 1770-March 1782; ld. lt. Card. 1762 – d.; custos rot. Merion. 1769 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Crosswood, Card.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
VAUGHAN, Hon. Wilmot (c.1730-1800)
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