Sir Charles Vaughan (1584-1630) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1614 and 1625.'VAUGHAN, Sir Charles (1584-1631), of Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts', ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629'', ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
/ref> Vaughan was the eldest son of Sir Walter Vaughan of Dunraven, Glamorgan, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and Tealstone, Wiltshire (died 1639) and Anne Hannam. He was educated at

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. Vaughan was knighted on 7 November 1608, soon after his marriage. He had a family tree or pedigree drawn up, which described his descent form the Vaughan family of

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, Herefordshire. In 1614, Vaughan was elected

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for

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. He was elected MP for Breconshire again in 1625.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> Charles Vaughan is sometimes confused with another Member of Parliament and sheriff of Brecknock, Charles Vaughan of

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(died 1637). Vaughan was the owner of Faulston or Falston manor, at Bishopstone.

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stayed at Faulston in 1603, while the royal court was nearby at

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. Vaughan married firstly Frances Knollys daughter of Sir Robert Knollys and through her acquired the estate of Porthamel (or Porthamal) Breconshire. She died in 1614 aged 24. He married secondly Dorothy Miller (Mellor or Meller) daughter of Sir Robert Miller of

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, Dorset. His only daughter Bridget married

John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham (15 January 1656 – 21 January 1710) was an English landowner and politician. Ashburnham was the son of William Ashburnham and the grandson of John Ashburnham. His mother was the Honourable Elizabeth, daug ...

and brought him the Porthamal estate. He was buried at Bristol Cathedral, where there is a monument erected by his widow. She later married Sir Robert Gorges of Wraxall.Joseph Jackson Howard, ''Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica'', vol. 1 (London, 1868) p. 127.

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