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John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne

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The Viscount Lisburne
Born
Resting placeLlanafan church
NationalityWelsh
Title1st Viscount Lisburne
SpouseMalet Wilmot
ChildrenJohn, Wilmont, Henry, Anne, Elizabeth, Letita
Parent(s)Edward Vaughan (MP), Letitia Hooker

John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne (7 December 1667 – 20 March 1721), of Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh nobleman.

Biography

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The son of Edward Vaughan and grandson of Sir John Vaughan, he was created Baron Fethard and Viscount Lisburne, in the Peerage of Ireland, on 5 June 1695. He represented Cardiganshire in the House of Commons from 1694 to 1698. He was Colonel of the Cardiganshire Militia in 1697.[1]

Vaughan married his first wife, Lady Malet Wilmot (d. 1709), daughter of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, on 18 August 1692. They had six children:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hay, George Jackson, Sir (1987). An epitomized history of the militia (the "Constitutional force"). Malpas: R. Westlake, Military Books. ISBN 0-9508530-7-0. OCLC 33085577.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) p. 195
  2. ^ Peerages, p. 727

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire
1694–1698
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire
1714–1721
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire
1715–1721
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Viscount Lisburne
1695–1721
Succeeded by