John Vaughan was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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in 1654. He fought in the

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army in the

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. John Vaughan of Kevenbodig was a captain in the Royalist army and a commissioner of array in 1642.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> However, by 1654 he was accepted by the Commonwealth authorises and was elected in that year as

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for

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. His election was opposed in a petition by Rice Vaughan of Grays Inn.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales 17th-century Welsh politicians Cavaliers English MPs 1654–1655 {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub