Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery

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Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery KB, PC (died 3 December 1686) was a Welsh soldier, peer and politician.

The son of the 1st Earl of Carbery and Margaret Meyrick, he was Member of Parliament for Carmarthen from 1624 to 1626 and from 1628 to 1629. Made a Knight of the Order of the Bath (KB) in 1625 or 1626, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1634. On 25 October 1643, he was made Baron Vaughan of Emlyn, in the County of Carmarthen.

Carbery served as Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire from 1630 to 1646 and from 1670 to 1686, for Pembrokeshire from 1643 to 1646 as well as for Cardiganshire from 1644 to 1646 and from 1660 to 1686. Called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1637 or 1638, he was a Royalist during the English Civil War. From 1660 to 1672, Carbery was Lord President of Wales, and from 1660 to 1673 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey and Brecknockshire. Between 1661 and 1679, Carbery was a Member of the Privy Council.

He was married thrice, firstly to Bridget Lloyd, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, secondly to Frances Altham, daughter of Sir James Altham in Acton in Middlesex on 8 August 1637 and thirdly to Lady Alice Egerton, daughter of the 1st Earl of Bridgewater in 1652. He had two sons by his second wife, Francis Vaughan and his heir John Vaughan.

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Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Northampton	Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire 1630–1646	Succeeded by Interregnum
Preceded by The Earl of Pembroke	Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire 1643–1646
Preceded by Sir Henry Jones, Bt	Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire 1644–1646
English Interregnum	Lord President of Wales 1660–1672	Succeeded by The Duke of Beaufort
	Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1660–1673	Succeeded by The Duke of Beaufort
	Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire 1660–1673
	Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire 1660–1686	Succeeded by The Earl of Carbery
Preceded by Lord Vaughan	Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire 1670–1686
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Vaughan	Earl of Carbery 1634–1686	Succeeded by John Vaughan
Peerage of England
Preceded by (new creation)	Baron Vaughan of Emlyn 1643–1686	Succeeded by John Vaughan