John Vaughan (MP for Merioneth)

John Vaughan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.

John Vaughan of Kevenbodig was a captain in the Royalist army and a commissioner of array in 1642.^[1] However by 1654 he was accepted by the Commonwealth authories and was elected in that year as Member of Parliament for Merioneth.^[2] His election was opposed in a petition by Rice Vaughan of Grays Inn.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239

Parliament of England
Preceded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament	Member of Parliament for Merioneth 1654	Succeeded by John Jones

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