John Edwards-Vaughan

Who was John Edwards-Vaughan?

John Edwards-Vaughan, also known as John Edwards was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1818 and 1832.

He was the son of John Edwards of Belvedere House, Lambeth, Surrey, succeeded his father in 1818 and took the additional name of Vaughan in 1829 as a beneficiary of the will of William Vaughan of Glanelai, Glamorgan.

Edwards-Vaughan was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire at the general election in 1818, but when he stood as a Whig at the 1820 general election, he was defeated by the Tory candidate.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorgan for 1823–24 and was elected to the House of Commons as a Tory at the 1830 general election, when he was elected as the MP for Wells, having stood unsuccessfully in 1826. He was re-elected unopposed in 1831, but was defeated at the 1832 general election.

Edwards-Vaughan married twice: firstly Ann, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Williams of Court Herbert, Glamorgan and secondly Sarah, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Barwis of The Stock Exchange, London, and widow of John Dalton of Russell Square, Middlesex, with whom he had a son and a daughter.