Ernest Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne

The Right Honourable
The 7th Earl of Lisburne
Born Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan
(1892-02-08)8 February 1892
Cardiganshire, Wales
Died (1963-06-30)30 June 1963
Resting place Saint Afan's Church, Llanafan
52°19′53″N 3°55′56″W / 52.3313°N 3.9321°W / 52.3313; -3.9321Coordinates: 52°19′53″N 3°55′56″W / 52.3313°N 3.9321°W / 52.3313; -3.9321
Other titles 10th Lord Vaughan, Baron of Fethard Tipperary
Nationality Welsh
Residence Trawsgoed, near Llanafan, Ceredigion
Wales
Wars and battles World War 1, World War 2
Predecessor George Henry Arthur Vaughan, 6th Earl of Lisburne
Successor John David Malet Vaughan, 8th Earl of Lisburne
Heir Reginald Herbert, Lord Herbert (son)
Spouse(s) Maria Isabel Regina Aspasia de Bittencourt Vaughan, Audrey Maureen Leslie Meakin
Issue 4
Parents George Henry Arthur Vaughan, Evelyn Probyn
Occupation Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, High Sheriff

Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne (8 February 1892 – 30 June 1963), of Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh nobleman.

Biography

The son of George Henry Arthur Vaughan, 6th Earl of Lisburne, and grandson of Ernest Augustus Malet Vaughan, 5th Earl of Lisburne, he succeeded his father as 7th Earl of Lisburne, 10th Viscount Lisburne & 10th Baron Fethard in the Peerage of Ireland, on 4 September 1899.

Lisburne was commissioned as a probationary Second Lieutenant in the Scots Guards in February 1912,[1] resigning his commission in April 1914.[2] He fought in the First World War in the Welsh Guards, where he was mentioned in dispatches[3] and was wounded. His wartime rank was made permanent after the war in 1921[4] until he resigned again in 1927.[5] He served again in the Second World War as a Captain in the Welsh Guards, resigning from the army for a final time, with the honorary rank of Major, in 1945.[6]

He held the office of High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1923.[7] He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire between 1923 and 1956.[8] He was vice-president of the University College of Wales in 1929. In 1935 he was appointed a Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (CStJ)[9] and in 1955 a Knight (KStJ).[10] He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Cardiganshire.

Vaughan married his first wife, Maria Isabel Regina Aspasia de Bittencourt,[11][12] daughter of Don Julio Fermine Albert de Bittencourt on 16 July 1914. Secondly, he married Audrey Maureen Leslie Meakin, daughter of James Meakin and Emma Beatrice Wallace on 14 November 1961.

Children of Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne and Lady Maria Isabel Regina Aspasia de Bittencourt:

  • Lady Gloria Regina Malet Vaughan, b. 1916, d. 27 February 1998
  • John David Malet Vaughan, 8th Earl of Lisburne, b. 1 September 1918, d. 2 September 2014
  • Lady Honor Morvyth Vaughan, b. 1919
  • Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan, (known as Oriel Malet) b. 20 January 1923, d. 14 October 2014[13]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 28580". The London Gazette. 13 February 1912. p. 1064. (effective, 14 February 1912)
  2. ↑ "No. 28823". The London Gazette. 21 April 1914. p. 3295.
  3. ↑ "No. 31759". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 January 1920. p. 1224.
  4. ↑ "No. 32584". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 January 1922. p. 617.
  5. ↑ "No. 33272". The London Gazette. 6 May 1927. p. 2961.
  6. ↑ "No. 37130". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1945. p. 3119.
  7. ↑ "No. 32805". The London Gazette. 13 March 1923. p. 1990.
  8. ↑ "No. 40779". The London Gazette. 15 May 1956. p. 2850.
  9. ↑ "No. 34356". The London Gazette. 1 January 1937. p. 3.
  10. ↑ "No. 40529". The London Gazette. 5 July 1955. p. 3881. (appointment, 1 July 1955)
  11. ↑ "Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  12. ↑ "PEER TO MARRY HEIRESS.; Lord Lisburne to Wed Miss Bittencourt of Rich Chilean Family" (PDF). New York Times. 1914-05-27. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  13. ↑ "Oriel Malet - obituary". 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  • Morgan, Gerald (1997). A Welsh house and its family : the Vaughans of Trawsgoed : a study of the Vaughan family and estate through seven centuries. Llandysul, Ceredigion [Wales]: Gomer. ISBN 1859024726. OCLC 48038048.
  • "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
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