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VAUGHAN, Sir GRUFFUDD (bu farw 1447), soldier Welshmen who are said to have saved the life of Henry V when he rushed to rescue his brother, Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, at Agincourt, 1415. The belief grew that he, like Dafydd Gam, Roger Vaughan, and others, were knighted on the field. These knights are not recorded in Shaw's Knights of England. If Gruffudd Vaughan was of age he could well have been at Agincourt, for two of his territorial lords
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 , studies and reviews; three novels and other works remain in MS. His first book was The Last of the Royal Stuarts (1906), a life of Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite Duke of York and later Cardinal of York. From 1899 to 1910, when he was writing on Italian history and topography, he lived in Italy, mainly in Naples and Florence. A visit to Australia in 1912-13 led to the writing of An Australasian Wander
VAUGHAN, Sir JOHN (1603 - 1674), judge position of Wales in the Middle Ages and, in his belief, the situation was unchanged in this respect by the Acts of Union of Henry VIII. As late as 1745, his arguments were effectively used in the case of Lampley v. Thomas, when it was ruled that writs of 'latitat' could not issue into Wales (English Reports, 1 Wilson, 193). In R. v. Athos, judge Fortescue suggested that '… he being a native of Wales
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, 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, ROWLAND (c.1590 - 1667) Caer-gai,, poet, translator, and Royalist The King's Book, together with his dedication addressed to lord Harlech's ancestor, colonel Sir John Owen; for this, see N.L.W. Jnl., i, 141-4. Rowland Vaughan died 18 September 1667 and the Caer-gai estate passed to his eldest son, John, whose great-granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth (born 1709), wife of the Rev. Henry Mainwaring, rector of Etwall, sold it, together with Tref Prysg, to Sir Watkin
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, WILLIAM HUBERT (1894 - 1959), railway guard and chairman of the Welsh Land Settlement Society Born 21 March 1894, son of Henry Charles and Catherine Vaughan, Rogerstone, Monmouthshire. He was educated at the Eastern School, Port Talbot, and, like his father and two brothers, was employed on the railway, where he served for 51 years, 34 of them as a guard. He became a well respected figure who undertook a remarkable variety of public voluntary work. He was a member of Port Talbot borough
VILE, THOMAS HENRY (1882 - 1958), rugby player
teulu VINCENT also published (1903) the Memoirs of Sir Llewellyn Turner; but outside Wales he is better known as an editor of periodicals and a writer on topography. He died 18 July 1909. [ The second, (Sir) HUGH CORBET VINCENT, born 27 April 1862, knighted in 1924, died 22 February 1931, a Bangor solicitor, contested the Caernarvon division in 1910.] The youngest, (Sir) WILLIAM HENRY HOARE VINCENT (1866 - 1941
VIVIAN, HENRY HUSSEY (first baron Swansea), (1821 - 1894), industrialist and patentee of metallurgical processes Born 6 July 1821 at Singleton Park, Swansea (now the nucleus of the Swansea University College buildings), eldest son of JOHN HENRY VIVIAN, a merchant engaged in copper smelting, Member of Parliament for Swansea, 1822-55, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, The Priory, Reigate. From Eton, H. H. Vivian went for a time (1838-40) to study metallurgy in Germany and France before entering

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