Edwin Montgomery Bruce Vaughan (6 March 1856 – 13 June 1919), known as E. M. Bruce Vaughan, was an ecclesiastical architect from

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, Wales.

Biography

Vaughan was born in Frederick Street, Cardiff and privately schooled in the town. He was articled to local architect W. D. Blessley, studied at Cardiff School of Science and Art and won the Architectural Association medal in 1880. He was elected to the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1891, designing a large number of churches across

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, but also designed several hospitals and a school. The building described as his "masterpiece" is St James Church on

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, Cardiff, completed in 1893. While serving in the Glamorganshire Home Guard of the

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he rose to the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Vaughan in later life became a volunteer and fundraiser for the King Edward VII Hospital, which he partly designed, with his work helping to fund an additional 350 beds and £500,000 in funds (much donated by shipowner, John Cory). Vaughan died in June 1919 "one of the best known men in Cardiff" He had a well-attended funeral at St John's Church and was buried at the cemetery in Adamsdown.

Notable works

Vaughan was designer of 45 churches in

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beginning with St Mary Magdalene, Cwmbach (1881/2). Other notable examples included: * All Saints,

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* St James, Adamsdown, Cardiff (1893) * St Stephen's,

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, Cardiff (1902) * St Jude's,

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, (1913–15) St Jude Swansea

Non-ecclesiastical works included: * Institute of Physiology,

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, Newport Road, Cardiff (1915) – Vaughan campaigned successfully to locate the Institute close to the hospital and appointed himself as the designer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, E. M. Bruce 1856 births 1919 deaths Architects from Cardiff Welsh ecclesiastical architects Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects 19th-century Welsh architects 20th-century Welsh architects Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design Burials in Cardiff Military personnel from Cardiff British Army officers