John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne (7 December 1667 – 20 March 1721), of

Trawsgoed is a community and an estate in Ceredigion, Wales. The estate is southeast of Aberystwyth, and has been in the possession of the Vaughan family since 1200.

Cardiganshire Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a county in the west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Ab ...

, was a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during t ...

nobleman.

Biography

The son of Edward Vaughan and grandson of

Sir John Vaughan John Vaughan may refer to: Gentry * John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery (1574/75–1634), Welsh courtier and MP for Carmarthenshire 1601, 1621 *John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery (1639–1713), Governor of Jamaica and President of the Royal Society, ...

, he was created Baron Fethard and Viscount Lisburne, in the

Peerage of Ireland The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ...

, on 5 June 1695. He represented

in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...

from 1694 to 1698. He was

Colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

of the

Cardiganshire Militia The Cardiganshire Militia, later the Royal Cardigan Rifles, was an auxiliary regiment reorganised from earlier precursor units in the Welsh county of Cardiganshire (modern Ceredigion) during the 18th century. Primarily intended for home defenc ...

in 1697. Vaughan married his first wife, Lady Malet Wilmot (d. 1709), daughter of

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) – 26 July 1680 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II of England, Charles II's Restoration (England), ...

, on 18 August 1692. They had six children:Peerages, p. 727 * John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne (c.1695–1741) * Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (d. 1766) *Hon. Henry Vaughan, died unmarried *Lady Anne Vaughan, married Sir John Prideaux, 6th Baronet *Lady Elizabeth Vaughan *Lady Letitia Vaughan

References

Sources

The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, 1541-1895

National Library of Wales
* Morgan, Gerald, "The Vaughans of Trawsgoed," Gomer, 1997,
The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland
John Debrett, Published 1809 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisburne, John Vaughan, 1st Viscount 1667 births 1721 deaths Lord-lieutenants of Cardiganshire Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by William III Whig (British political party) MPs English MPs 1695–1698 Cardigan Militia officers

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...