Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne

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(8 February 1892 – 30 June 1965), of

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, was a

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nobleman.

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The son of George Henry Arthur Vaughan, 6th Earl of Lisburne, and grandson of Ernest Augustus Malet Vaughan, 5th Earl of Lisburne, he succeeded his father as 7th

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, 10th Viscount Lisburne, and 10th Baron Fethard in the

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on 4 September 1899. Lisburne was commissioned as a probationary Second Lieutenant in the

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in February 1912, (effective, 14 February 1912) resigning his commission in April 1914. He fought in the

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in the

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, where he was mentioned in dispatches and was wounded. His wartime rank was made permanent after the war in 1921 until he resigned again in 1927. He served again in the

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as a Captain in the

, resigning from the army for a final time, with the

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of Major, in 1945. He held the office of

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in 1923. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire between 1923 and 1956. He was vice-president of the

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in 1929. In 1935 he was appointed a Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (CStJ) and in 1955 a Knight (KStJ). (appointment, 1 July 1955) He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.). Countess of Lisburne LCCN2014712290

Vaughan married his first wife, Maria Isabel Regina Aspasia de Bittencourt, daughter of Don Julio Fermine Albert de Bittencourt on 16 July 1914. Secondly, he married Audrey Maureen Leslie Meakin, daughter of James Meakin and Emma Beatrice Wallace (stepdaughter of Lewis Milles-Lade, 3rd Earl Sondes) on 14 November 1961. Vaughan and his first wife had four children: * Lady Gloria Regina Malet Vaughan (1916 – 27 February 1998), married Sir Nigel Fisher and had issue * John David Malet Vaughan, 8th Earl of Lisburne (1918–2014) * Lady Honor Morvyth Vaughan (1919 – 25 July 2018), married Rhydian Llewellyn, son of

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, and had issue * Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan (20 January 1923 – 14 October 2014), known as an author as "

Oriel Malet Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan (20 January 1923 – 14 October 2014) was a Welsh-born author of literary fiction and biographies, who wrote under the name of Oriel Malet.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volum ...

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