John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne

The Viscount Lisburne
Born Cardiganshire, Wales
Resting place Llanafan church
Residence Trawsgoed
Nationality Welsh
Home town Cardiganshire
Title 1st Viscount Lisburne
Religion Anglican
Spouse(s) Malet Wilmot
Children John, 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.

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.

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:[1]

Footnotes

  1. Peerages, p. 727

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Carbery Pryse, Bt
Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire
16941698
Succeeded by
John Lewis
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Viscount Hereford
Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire
17141721
Succeeded by
The Viscount Lisburne
Preceded by
The Earl of Pembroke
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire
17151721
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Viscount Lisburne
16951721
Succeeded by
John Vaughan
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