John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne (7 December 1667 – 20 March 1721), of Trawsgoed

Trawsgoed

Trawsgoed Estate located eight miles east of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales has been in the possession of the Vaughan family since the year 1200...

, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

nobleman.

The son of Edward Vaughan

Edward Vaughan (MP)

Edward Vaughan was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 to 1681.-Life:Vaughan was born at Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, Wales, the eldest son of the chief justice Sir John Vaughan and his wife Jane Stedman of Strata Florida. He became a student of the Inner Temple...

 and grandson of Sir John Vaughan

John Vaughan (judge)

Sir John Vaughan SL , of Trawsgoed, was a British justice.-Life:He was born in Ceredigion, Wales, the eldest of eight children of Edward Vaughan and his wife Letitia Stedman of Strata Florida, and was educated initially at The King's School, Worcester between 1613 and 1618, when he was admitted to...

, he was created Baron Fethard and Viscount Lisburne

Viscount Lisburne

Viscount Lisburne is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of Ireland.The first creation came in 1685 in favour of Adam Loftus, along with the subsidiary title of Baron of Rathfarnam. These titles became extinct upon his death in 1691.The second creation came in 1695 in...

, in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

, on 5 June 1695. He represented Cardiganshire in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 from 1694 to 1698.

Vaughan married his first wife, Lady Malet Wilmot (d. 1709), daughter of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester , styled Viscount Wilmot between 1652 and 1658, was an English Libertine poet, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts...

, on 18 August 1692. They had six children:

• John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne (c.1695–1741)
• Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (d. 1766)
• Hon. Henry Vaughan, died unmarried
• Lady Anne Vaughan, married Sir John Prideaux, 6th Baronet
• Lady Elizabeth Vaughan
• Lady Letitia Vaughan