Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne
Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (1728 – 6 January 1800), of Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, known as Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, was a Welsh[1] peer and politician.
Lisburne was the son of Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne, and was educated at Eton College.
On 30 Jan 1750/1, he was commissioned an ensign in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards. He resigned his commission in December 1754.[2]
He was elected to the
Apart from his political career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire from 1762 to his death. On 5 July 1759, he was created a DCL by Oxford.[3] In 1776 he was honoured when he was created Earl of Lisburne, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
Lord Lisburne died in January 1800 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Wilmot. His second son John became the 3rd Earl. His daughter Dorothy Elizabeth married
Footnotes
- ^ The Vaughans of Trawsgoed
- ^ Mackinnon, Daniel (1833). Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards. Vol. II. London: Richard Bentley. pp. 486–487.
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Vaughan04". Stirnet. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ "PZmisc04". Stirnet. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
References
- Morgan, Gerald, The Vaughans of Trawsgoed, 1997, Gomer Press, ISBN 1-85902-472-6
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]