Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee (25 February 1836 – 7 July 1882) was an English
Conservative Party
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons from 1874 to 1882.
Vaughan-Lee was born Lee, the son of
John Lee Lee
John Lee Lee (11 December 1802 – 16 August 1874) of Orleigh Court in the parish of Buckland Brewer in Devon, and of Dillington House, near Ilminster in Somerset, was a British Whig politician who was Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset b ...
of Dillington House, Ilminster and his first wife Jessy Edwards-Vaughan, daughter of
John Edwards-Vaughan
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of
Rheola. His father and maternal grandfather were MPs for
Wells
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at the same time. (Vaughan-) Lee was educated at
Eton College
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and joined the
Royal Scots Fusiliers
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(21st) in 1854.
He took part in the
Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
in 1854 to 1855 including the
Battle of Alma, the
Battle of Inkerman, the
Siege of Sevastopol and the attack on the redan and Kinbourn. He was promoted to lieutenant in December 1854 and was wounded twice. In 1858, he became a captain and in 1859 retired from the army. He was a major in the Glamorganshire Light Infantry Militia, and a captain in the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry.
He was a
J.P. and
Deputy Lieutenant for Glamorgan and Somerset and was
High Sheriff of Glamorgan
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in 1871. In 1874 he assumed the additional surname Vaughan.
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At the 1874 general election Vaughan-Lee was elected Member of Parliament
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(MP) for West Somerset
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. He held the seat until he resigned shortly before his death at the age of 46 in 1882.
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