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John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne

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Resting place
  
Llanafan church

Home town
  
Cardiganshire

Religion
  
Anglican

Name
  
John 1st

Parents
  
Edward Vaughan

Grandparents
  
John Vaughan

Nationality
  
Welsh

Title
  
1st Viscount Lisburne

Spouse(s)
  
Malet Wilmot

Died
  
March 20, 1721

Residence
  
Trawsgoed, United Kingdom

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:

  • John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne (c.1695–1741)
  • Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (d. 1766)
  • Hon. Henry Vaughan, died unmarried
  • Lady Anne Vaughan, married Sir John Prideaux, 6th Baronet
  • Lady Elizabeth Vaughan
  • Lady Letitia Vaughan
  • References

    John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne Wikipedia