Roger Vaughan (disambiguation)

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Roger Vaughan (1834–1883) was an English Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, 1877–1883.

Roger William Bede Vaughan was an English Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey and the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia from 1877 to 1883.

Roger Vaughan may also refer to:

Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine (died 1415), Welsh knight, killed at the Battle of Agincourt
Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower (died 1471), Welsh knight, son of Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine and Welsh noblewoman Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam
Sir Roger Vaughan of Porthamal, Welsh knight, MP for Breconshire, 1553–1562, 1571, and Brecon, 1562–1567
Roger Vaughan (of Clyro), Welsh politician

Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine, also known as Roger Fychan the younger, was a Welsh gentleman, described as having possessed wealth, rank, and high respectability. Roger's seat, Bredwardine Castle, is estimated to have been a strong and formidable fortress, located on the banks of the Wye river in Herefordshire, two miles north of Moccas Court. Bredwardine Castle is thought to have furnished much of the material for the building of Moccas Court.

Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower Court, was the son of Welsh noblewoman Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam and Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine, who fought and died with Gwladys' father, Dafydd Gam in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

Sir Roger Vaughan of Port Hamal was a 16th-century Welsh landowner and Member of Parliament.

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