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.

Trawsgoed mansion, Ceredigion, Wales

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 House of Commons for Cardiganshire in 1755, a seat he held until 1761 and again from 1768 to 1791 and also represented Berwick-upon-Tweed between 1765 and 1768. He served as a Lord of Trade in 1768 and as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1770 to 1782. Lisburne succeeded his father as fourth Viscount Lisburne in 1766 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not prohibit him from sitting in the House of Commons.

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 Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet.[4][5]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The Vaughans of Trawsgoed
  2. ^ Mackinnon, Daniel (1833). Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards. Vol. II. London: Richard Bentley. pp. 486–487.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Vaughan, Wilmot, 4th Viscount Lisburne" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ "Vaughan04". Stirnet. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  5. ^ "PZmisc04". Stirnet. Retrieved 2 May 2011.

References

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire
1755–1761
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
1765–1768
With: Sir John Delaval
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire
1768–1791
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire
1762–1800
Succeeded by
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire
1780–1800
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Lisburne
1776–1800
Succeeded by
Preceded by Viscount Lisburne
1766–1800