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VAUGHAN, HENRY (1621 - 1695), poet for solitary communion with nature and his reminiscences of childhood, he anticipates Wordsworth. His twin brother was THOMAS VAUGHAN (1621 - 1666), alchemist and poet, who is the subject of an article in the D.N.B. and who has also been dealt with extensively in Theophilus Jones, History of the County of Brecknock (3rd edn.), iii, 207, and in F. E. Hutchinson's book on Henry Vaughan (especially in
VAUGHAN, HERBERT MILLINGCHAMP (1870 - 1948), historian and author Tenby where he wrote his best known work of Welsh interest, viz. The South Wales Squires (1926); he had previously written a national eisteddfod essay on ' The Welsh Jacobites ' (published in Cymm. Trans.; 1920) and a study of Thomas Johnes of Hafod and his private press (Cymm. Trans., two articles, 1911-12, 1919-20); he was also a contributor to West Wales Historical Records, the Journal of the Welsh
VAUGHAN, Sir JOHN (1603 - 1674), judge - John Selden, who dedicated to him his Vindiciae Maris Clausi; Thomas Hobbes, who visited him thrice weekly at one period; Sir Matthew Hale, his Acton neighbour; and Edward Stillingfleet, who preached his funeral sermon. He died on 10 December 1674, and was probably buried in the Temple Church, London. He gave some support to the king's forces during the Civil War (see J. R. Phillips, Civil War, ii
VAUGHAN, JOHN (1663 - 1722) Derllys Court,, social and religious reformer Born 1663, the son of John Vaughan of Derllys (1624 - 1684), barrister, and Rachel, daughter of Sir Henry Vaughan, Derwydd, Carmarthenshire. His paternal grandfather was a brother of John Vaughan, Golden Grove, the first earl of Carbery. He was (probably) educated at Carmarthen grammar school. On 6 October 1692 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas (née Protheroe), Meidrym
VAUGHAN, JOHN (bu farw 1824), artist and violinist one of the earliest members of the Society. Leathart says that he was looked upon as 'a dandy of the first order, a distinction he was not a little proud of', and adds that he was related to lady Mostyn, mother of the Sir Thomas Mostyn, who died in 1831. This lady Mostyn was Margaret, daughter of Hugh Wynn, Ll.D.; she was heiress of Bodysgallen (near Conway), Plas-mawr (Conway), Bodidris
VAUGHAN, RICHARD (1550? - 1607), bishop Born c. 1550, second son of Thomas ap Robert Fychan of Nyffryn, Llyn, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at S. John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1574, M.A. 1577, D.D. 1589). Shortly after 1577, he was appointed chaplain to John Aylmer, bishop of London, who is said to have been related to him (Baker, Hist. of St. John's College, Cambridge, 235). He received numerous preferments, including a canonry
VAUGHAN, ROBERT (1592? - 1667), antiquary, collector of the famous Hengwrt library were dispersed by Thomas Kerslake, a bookseller of Bristol, early in the 19th century. The catalogue which Robert Vaughan compiled of his library is extant (NLW MS 9095B). He transcribed a large number of literary and historical texts, compiled a concordance of scripture, genealogical books, notably the great collection of Peniarth MS 287, and tracts on early Welsh history and chronology, and
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND (c.1590 - 1667) Caer-gai,, poet, translator, and Royalist later sources give the names of his sons as John, Edward, Arthur, and Gabriel, and in addition to the three daughters named above a fourth daughter, Mary, is included, who married Peter Price, Cynllwyd, fourth son of Thomas Prys, Plas Iolyn, Denbighshire. In accordance with family tradition Rowland Vaughan played a prominent part in the public life of the county and, like his father, who was sheriff
VAUGHAN, Sir THOMAS (bu farw 1483), soldier, court official, ambassador, chamberlain to the prince of Wales offices. On 1 September he was appointed keeper of Henry VI's great wardrobe. Before 28 November he was married to Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Arundel, and widow of Sir Thomas Browne, who had been executed on 28 July 1460 for his part in the defence of the Tower of London against the earls. The estates and grants of Sir Thomas Browne were confirmed to him and his wife, and so he acquired much wealth
VAUGHAN, THOMAS (1621 - 1666), alchemist - gweler VAUGHAN, HENRY
VAUGHAN-THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN WYNFORD (1908 - 1987), broadcaster, author and public figure Wynford Vaughan-Thomas was born on the 15 August 1908 at 9 Calvert Terrace, Swansea, the second of the three sons of the well-known musician Dr David Vaughan-Thomas and his wife Morfydd Lewis. He attended Swansea Grammar School where the father of Dylan Thomas taught him and where the poet was a student. Wynford and Dylan became close friends, and later he was appointed the literary executor of
VICARI, ANDREW (1932 - 2016), painter . In 1960, he painted a 'Last Supper' with the former Wales rugby captain Clem Thomas as Jesus, and Stanley Baker, Richard Harris and Harry Secombe as Thomas, Judas and Matthew. In the summer of 1963, he appeared in a short film piece titled 'Andrew Vicari - The Artist at Work' made by Television Wales and the West. He is shown in front of a large, freely and very rapidly painted mural he titled

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