Sir Charles Vaughan was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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 in 1614 and 1625.

Vaughan was the eldest son of Sir Walter Vaughan of Dunraven, Glamorgan, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and Tealstone, Wiltshire. He was knighted on 7 November 1608. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Breconshire

Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was elected MP for Breconshire again in 1625.

Vaughan married firstly Catharine Frances Knollys daughter of Sir Robert Knollys

Robert Knollys (died 1619)

Sir Robert Knollys was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1572 and 1611.Knollys was the son of Sir Francis Knollys, Treasurer of the Royal Household, and Catherine Carey, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I. He quickly entered the...

 and through her acquired Porthamal. He married secondly Dorothy Miller daughter of Sir Robert Miller of Dorset. His only daughter Bridget married John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham

John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham

John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham was an English landowner and politician.Ashburnham was the son of William Ashburnham and the grandson of John Ashburnham. His mother was the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett. He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from...

and took him the Porthamal estate.