Charles Vaughan (of Porthamal)

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Sir Charles Vaughan (1584-1630) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. [1]

Vaughan was the eldest son of Sir Walter Vaughan of Dunraven, Glamorgan, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and Tealstone, Wiltshire (died 1639) and Anne Hannam. He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford. Vaughan was knighted on 7 November 1608, soon after his marriage. He had a family tree or pedigree drawn up, which described his descent form the Vaughan family of Bredwardine, Herefordshire. [1]

In 1614, Vaughan was elected Member of Parliament for Breconshire. He was elected MP for Breconshire again in 1625. [2]

Charles Vaughan is sometimes confused with another Member of Parliament and sheriff of Brecknock, Charles Vaughan of Tretower (died 1637). [1]

Vaughan was the owner of Faulston or Falston manor, at Bishopstone. Arbella Stuart stayed at Faulston in 1603, while the royal court was nearby at Wilton House. [3]

Vaughan married firstly Frances Knollys daughter of Sir Robert Knollys and through her acquired the estate of Porthamel (or Porthamal) Breconshire. [4] She died in 1614 aged 24. He married secondly Dorothy Miller (Mellor or Meller) daughter of Sir Robert Miller of Littlebredy, Dorset. [5] His only daughter Bridget married John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham and brought him the Porthamal estate. [2]

He was buried at Bristol Cathedral, where there is a monument erected by his widow. She later married Sir Robert Gorges of Wraxall. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 'VAUGHAN, Sir Charles (1584-1631), of Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
  2. 1 2 W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
  3. Sara Jayne Steen, Letters of Arbella Stuart (Oxford, 1994), p. 187.
  4. Ford, David Nash (2008). "Sir Robert Knollys (d. 1619)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  5. Joseph Jackson Howard, Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vol. 1 (London, 1868) p. 127: 'Meller of Long Bridy', Gentlemen's Magazine (May 1829), p. 412.
  6. Joseph Jackson Howard, Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vol. 1 (London, 1868) p. 127.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Breconshire
1614
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Breconshire
1625
Succeeded by
John Price