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, ARTHUR OWEN (Owen Rhos-comyl; 1863? - 1919), adventurer and author This was an adopted name; his baptismal name was Robert Scourfield, son of Robert Mills and Jane Ann, daughter of Joseph Scourfield. Born at Southport, 6 September 1863. His father was buried less than a month later. His mother moved to Manchester and remarried. Her second husband, Luke Etchells, died in 1869. The child was brought up by his grandmother who came originally from Tremeirchion. She
VAUGHAN, EDWARD (d. 1661), Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple A fairly exhaustive account of his career is given by Rees L. Lloyd; what follows here is only a summary. He was the fourth son of Owen Vaughan, Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire and Catherine, sole heiress of Maurice ap Robert, Llangedwyn. Like his three brothers, John Vaughan, Sir Robert Vaughan, and Roger Vaughan, he became a member of the Inner Temple, being admitted 12 November 1618 (but was not
VAUGHAN, EDWIN MONTGOMERY BRUCE (1856 - 1919), architect relocated to Cathays Park as part of W. D. Caroe's grand plan for University College, Cardiff. To that end he persuaded south Wales's greatest philanthropist, Sir William James Thomas, to fund a state-of-the-art Institute of Physiology for the school on condition that it was built on Newport Road. Though the outbreak of war briefly held up the commencement of the project, much to the annoyance of Bruce
VAUGHAN, Sir GRUFFUDD (d. 1447), soldier , Sir John Grey, son-in-law of Sir Edward de Cherleton (see family article), lord of Powys, and Sir Hugh Stafford, lord of Caus, were in that campaign, in the retinue of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester. The view that he was the 'Griffin Fordet' of a French chronicle of Agincourt must be rejected. The first certain record of him is in connection with the capture, in November 1417, of Sir John Oldcastle
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, JOHN (d. 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, 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, 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, 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, Sir ROBERT WILLIAMES (d. 1859), baronet - see WYNN

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