Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VAUGHAN family Hergest, Kington The first of the Vaughans to reside here was THOMAS AP ROGER VAUGHAN, son of Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine, who was killed at Agincourt. His mother was Gwladys, daughter of Dafydd Gam. He was, therefore, a full brother of Watkin Vaughan of Bredwardine, and Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower, and a uterine brother of Sir William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, and of Sir Richard Herbert. His wife was Ellen
VAUGHAN, EDWARD (d. 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 Bruce Vaughan was born 6 March 1856 at Frederick Street, Cardiff, the youngest of the four children of Thomas Vaughan, sailor and tailor, and his wife Jane Agnes Gribble (née Davies). Educated at a private school in Charles Street, Cardiff, Bruce Vaughan became articled to W D Blessley, a prominent local architect, and attended the Cardiff Science and Arts Schools, winning the medal of the
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, HERBERT MILLINGCHAMP (1870 - 1948), historian and author Millingchamp; on Millingchamp and the MSS. see his 'Life and Letters of the Venerable Benjamin Millingchamp' (now NLW MSS 13915-13916B) and H. Ethé, N.L.W. Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts (1916). He was an authority on bookplates, helping to catalogue the Sir Evan Davies Jones collection and cataloguing for the National Library (1938) the Aneurin Williams collection. During his sojourn in Italy he had
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 (d. 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, 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 Practice of Piety. In the article on ' Phylipiaid Ardudwy ' in Cymm., xlii, is quoted the account given by Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) in the introduction to Eos Ceiriog (1823) of the friendship in the time of the Civil War between Rowland Vaughan and William Phylip, who lived at Hendre Fechan, Ardudwy. When Griffith Vaughan, brother of Rowland Vaughan, died 1638, William Phylip wrote two elegies
VAUGHAN, Sir THOMAS (d. 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 (d. c. 1827) - see VAUGHAN, JOHN

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