John Vaughan (MP for Merioneth)

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John Vaughan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.

John Vaughan of Kevenbodig was a captain in the Royalist army and a commissioner of array in 1642. [1] However, by 1654 he was accepted by the Commonwealth authorises and was elected in that year as Member of Parliament for Merioneth. [2] His election was opposed in a petition by Rice Vaughan of Grays Inn. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
  2. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp.  229–239.
Parliament of England
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Member of Parliament for Merioneth
1654
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