Henry Vaughan (abt. 1587 - bef. 1661)

Ancestors

Died before 5 Jan 1661 before about age 74 in Derwydd, Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire, Wales

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Biography

A Royalist Leader.

Sir HENRY VAUGHAN ( 1587? - 1659? ), Royalist , was the 6th son of Walter Vaughan of Golden Grove and a younger brother of John Vaughan , 1st earl of Carbery . He settled at Derwydd . He was sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1620 and Member of Parliament for the county in 1621-9 and 1640 . He was knighted at Oxford 1 Jan. 1643 , and disabled from sitting in the Commons 5 Feb. 1644 . Accompanying Carbery into Pembrokeshire in 1643 he was given command of the Royalist forces there. After the success of Rowland Laugharne at Pill ( Feb. 1644 ) he abandoned Haverfordwest and retired to Carmarthen . He was taken prisoner at the battle of Naseby ( 14 June 1645 ) and committed to the Tower .

Sources

• Lloyd Bowen, ‘Vaughan, Sir Henry (1587?–1660/61)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 12 Oct 2017

• Dictionary of Welsh Biography[1]

• History of Parliament online: VAUGHAN, Henry (by 1586-1660/1), of Derwydd, Llandybie, Carm

• Wikipedia: Henry Vaughan (Royalist)