Arthur Powys-Vaughan (1 November 1847 – February 1916) was an English soldier and Inspector of Factories.

Early life

He was born in

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on 1 November 1847. He was the eldest son of the Rev. James Vaughan (–) and Emily ( Powys) Vaughan, who married in 1843. His maternal grandparents were Penelope ( Hatsell) Powys (a daughter of James Hatsell, Esq. of

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, and niece of

John Hatsell John Hatsell (22 December 1733 – 15 October 1820) was an English civil servant, clerk of the House of Commons, and an authority on parliamentary procedure. Early life He was the son of the lawyer Henry Hatsell (1701–1762), a bencher of t ...

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) and the Hon. Rev. Littleton Powys (the second surviving son of

Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford (4 May 1743 – 26 January 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1797 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lilford. Biography Powys was the eldest son of Thomas Powys of ...

and younger brother to

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). Powys-Vaughan was educated at

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where he matriculated in 1866.

Career

Powys-Vaughan was a lieutenant in the

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, and in 1880 he was appointed to be one of H.M. Inspector of Factories, in the Home Office, by Sir William Harcourt, the

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Personal life

On 25 May 1875, Powys-Vaughan was married to countess Clelia Maria Corinna de Candia (b. 1855) at

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. She was the second daughter of the famous count Mario the Tenor and

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. Together, they were the parents of: * Ivy Clelia de Candia Powys-Vaughan (1876–1951), who married

Bernard Edward Halsey Bircham Sir Bernard Edward Halsey-Bircham, Knight grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order, GCVO, Justice of the peace, JP (born Halsey; 1869–1945) was an English lawyer and the private solicitor to George V from 1922 to 1936. Early life Born on 1 Ja ...

, the private solicitor to

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from 1922 to 1936."Sir Bernard Halsey Bircham", ''

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'' (London), 12 July 1945, p. 7. * Gwynneth "Gwyn" de Candia Powys-Vaughan (1879–1922), after travelling the world with his cousin the botanist

David Thomas Gwynne-Vaughan Prof David Thomas Gwynne-Vaughan FRSE Linnean Society, FLS MRIA (12 March 1871 – 4 September 1915) was a 20th-century Welsh botanist and botanopalaeolontologist, specialising in fossilised plants (especially ferns). Life He was born on 12 March ...

, he returned to England and became a Royal Officer. Powys-Vaughan died in February 1916 in the

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district,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Powys-Vaughan, Arthur 1847 births 1916 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford