VAUGHAN, Edward (d.1718), of Llwydiarth, Mont.

Family and Education

s. of Howel Vaughan of Glanllyn, Merion. by Elizabeth, da. of Humphrey Jones of Ddol, Flints. m. 1672, Mary,1PCC 94 Browning. da. and coh. of John Purcell, M.P., of Nantycribba, by Eleanor, da. of Sir Robert Vaughan of Llwydiarth, 1s. 2da. suc. Edward Vaughan, M.P., to estates of Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn, Denb. 1661; fa. 1669.

Offices Held

Custos rot. Merion. 1711; sheriff, Mont. 1688.

Address

Main residence: Llwydiarth, Mont.

biography text

A life long Tory, but not a Jacobite, Vaughan was the adopted heir of his wife’s uncle, Edward Vaughan, M.P., from whom he inherited large estates in Montgomeryshire.2Mont. Colls. xiv. 376-8, 388. Returned for his county in 1715 for the sixteenth consecutive time, he voted against the septennial bill in 1716. He died December 1718, his property going to his son-in-law, Watkin Williams Wynn.

Author

P.D.G.T.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. PCC 94 Browning.
2. Mont. Colls. xiv. 376-8, 388.