John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery

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John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery FRS (baptised 8 July 1639 – 12 January 1713) was Governor of Jamaica between 1675–1678 and President of the Royal Society between 1686–1689, having been elected a Fellow in 1685.

He was the son of Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery and his second wife Frances Altham (c.1621 – October 9, 1650), daughter of Sir John Altham of Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordshire.

He married twice, first to Mary Brown, daughter of George Brown of Green Castle but they had no children. He remarried on 10 October 1682 to Anne Savile, daughter of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax. They had two children;

• George Vaughan (b October 6, 1683, bur May 7, 1685) died aged 2.
• Anne Vaughan (d September 20, 1751) who in 1713 married Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton

Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Earl of Carbery	Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire 1686–1713	Succeeded by The Viscount Hereford
	Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire 1686–1713	Succeeded by Marquess of Winchester
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Edward Vaughan	Earl of Carbery 1686–1713	Succeeded by Extinct