Edward Vaughan (died 5 December 1718), of Glan-y-Llyn, Merionethshire and Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire, was a Welsh Tory politician who sat in the English and

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for 43 years from 1675 to 1718. He was briefly

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. Vaughan was the eldest son of Howel Vaughan of Glan-y-Llyn, Merioneth and his wife Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Humphrey Jones of Ddol, Flintshire. He inherited from his wife's uncle Edward Vaughan MP, the estates of Llwydiarth and

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, Denbighshire in 1661 and succeeded his father in 1669. He married Mary Purcell, daughter of John Purcell, MP of Nantcribba in 1672. Vaughan was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire from 1674 to 1688, for Merionethshire from 1689 to ?1696, and for Montgomeryshire from 1701 to ?death. He was

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for Jan-Nov 1688 and Custos Rotulorum of Merionethshire from 1711 to ?1714. Vaughan was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at general elections in March 1679, October 1679, 1681, 1685, 1689, 1690, 1695, 1698, February 1701, December 1701, 1702, 1705,

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and

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. Vaughan died in December 1718. He had two daughters and one son, who predeceased him. His property went to his son-in-law, Watkin Williams Wynn who married his daughter Ann.

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