John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne explained

The Viscount Lisburne
Birth Place:Cardiganshire, Wales
Resting Place:Llanafan church
Nationality:Welsh
1st Viscount Lisburne
Spouse:Malet Wilmot
Children:John, Wilmont, Henry, Anne, Elizabeth, Letita
Parents:Edward Vaughan (MP), Letitia Hooker

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

Biography

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]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hay, George Jackson, Sir . An epitomized history of the militia (the "Constitutional force") . R. Westlake, Military Books . Malpas . 1987 . 0-9508530-7-0 . 33085577 . p. 195
  2. Peerages, p. 727