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VAUGHAN, EDWARD (bu farw 1661), Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple William Herbert, lord Powis. In February 1625/6 he was returned to Parliament for Merioneth. An adherent of the side of Parliament he was destined to meet with a host of troubles, being charged by the Royalists with a number of offences, one of them being his alleged opposition to the Commission of Array, sent to Denbighshire in the summer of 1642. In October 1646 he was returned to Parliament for
VAUGHAN, EDWIN MONTGOMERY BRUCE (1856 - 1919), architect Working Men's Institute in Llanbradach, near Caerphilly and Tyn-to-Maen, a handsome country house in St Mellons, on the outskirts of Cardiff, erected 1885-9 in a style reminiscent of William Burges, and later to become the William Nicholls Convalescent Home. Despite his heavy professional commitments Bruce Vaughan, who never married, became actively engaged in the Volunteer movement during the 1880s and
VAUGHAN, Sir GRUFFUDD (bu farw 1447), soldier Owain Glyn Dŵr. Later in life this Gruffudd held a position under the lords of Stafford at Caus castle, and at that period Lewis Glyn Cothi addressed an ode to him. It is difficult to accept a statement by Lewis Dwnn (Visitations, i, 312) that ' Sr. Griffith Vaughan of Gwenwys Kt.' was a burgess of Welshpool on 7 June 1406. There is a persistent tradition that Gruffudd Vaughan was in the band of
VAUGHAN, HENRY (1621 - 1695), poet and for a time acted as secretary to judge Sir Marmaduke Lloyd. There is reason to think that he then fought for the king. He is known to have returned home by 1647. About 1650 he was converted to a religious life under the influence of George Herbert. This inclination was reinforced by the death of his brother William; his own illness intensified Vaughan's gravity. As an ardent Royalist he was
VAUGHAN, HILDA CAMPBELL (1892 - 1985), author (1928), and Her Father's House (1930) were published by William Heinemann. The next three, The Soldier and the Gentlewoman (1932), The Curtain Rises (1935), and Harvest Home (1936) appeared under the imprint of Victor Gollancz, the left-leaning publishing house which published a number of Welsh writers of the 1930s. 'A Thing of Nought', her 1934 novella, was brought out by Lovat Dickson & Thompson and
VAUGHAN, JOHN (bu farw 1824), artist and violinist A native of Conway. W. D. Leathart says that he used to play the violin to the accompaniment of the harp at some of the meetings of the Gwyneddigion Society of London, c. 1776. It was he who painted the portrait of Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr), which used to hang in the rooms of the Society. He died in 1824 at a great age. His brother, WILLIAM VAUGHAN, described by Leathart as a native of Conway, was
VAUGHAN, RICE (bu farw 1670), lawyer and author Second son (and, from 1654, heir) of Henry Vaughan, Gelli-goch, Machynlleth, and his wife Mary, daughter of Maurice Wynn, Glyn, near Harlech. He went to Shrewsbury school in July 1615, was admitted to Gray's Inn, 13 August 1638, and was called to the Bar on 20 June 1648. In the meantime he had been assisting the Parliament side, e.g. in June 1644 he was appointed a member of the committee for
VAUGHAN, RICHARD (1550? - 1607), bishop of S. Pauls (1583) and the archdeaconry of Middlesex (1588). Elected bishop of Bangor 22 November 1595, he was translated to Chester 23 April 1597, and thence to London, 1604. He is said to have assisted William Morgan in translating the Bible into Welsh, and to have been a benefactor of Bangor cathedral. As bishop of Chester, he took firm action against recusants, and as bishop of London, silenced
VAUGHAN, ROBERT (1592? - 1667), antiquary, collector of the famous Hengwrt library Siôn Cain, Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd, Evan Lloyd Jeffrey of Palé, John Jones of Gellilyfdy (whose manuscripts became his property in 1658), Meredith Lloyd of Welshpool, William Maurice of Cefn-y-braich, the Wynne family of Gwydir, Sir Simonds d'Ewes, John Selden, James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, and others. The library of manuscripts which he collected at Hengwrt is the finest collection of Welsh
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND (c.1590 - 1667) Caer-gai,, poet, translator, and Royalist Oxford, although there is no record that he graduated there. He married Jane, daughter of Edward Price, Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn, and according to Hugh Cadwaladr's elegy (NLW MS 9B), he was survived by three sons and three daughters: JOHN, who matriculated from Hart Hall (now Hertford College), Oxford, in 1635, aged 18, married Catherine, daughter of William Wynn of Glyn, Merioneth, and became sheriff
VAUGHAN, Sir THOMAS (bu farw 1483), soldier, court official, ambassador, chamberlain to the prince of Wales and power in south-east England. Following the battle of S. Albans, 17 February 1461, when queen Margaret was threatening London, Philip Malpas, William Hatclyf, physician to Henry VI, and Vaughan took what treasure they could on a ship from Antwerp and made for Ireland. They and their treasure fell into the hands of French pirates. Queen Margaret vainly entreated Louis XI to hand them over to ker
VAUGHAN, WILLIAM (bu farw c. 1827) - gweler VAUGHAN, JOHN

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1645 - 1656 of 1867 for "William Glyn"