Matthew Lewis Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth (17 December 1840–21 August 1935) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician.
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Vaughan-Davies was born at Tan-y-Bwlch, Cardiganshire. He went to Harrow School, but only stayed for a year.
At the 1895 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiganshire. He held the seat until 1921 and was the oldest member of the House of Commons between 1918 and 1921. The latter year he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Ystwyth, of Tan-y-Bwlch in the County of Cardigan, in the 1921 New Year Honours.[1]
Lord Ystwyth had no children and the title became extinct on his death in August 1935, aged 94.
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Preceded by William Bowen Rowlands |
Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire 1895–1921 |
Succeeded by Ernest Evans |
Preceded by Jesse Collings |
Oldest Member of Parliament (not Father of the House) 1918–1921 |
Succeeded by Donald Macmaster |
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New creation | Baron Ystwyth 1921 – 1935 |
Extinct |