The Right Honourable
The Earl of Lisburne
PredecessorGeorge Vaughan, 6th Earl of Lisburne
SuccessorJohn David Malet Vaughan, 8th Earl of Lisburne
Other titles10th Lord Vaughan, Baron of Fethard Tipperary
BornErnest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan
(1892-02-08)8 February 1892
Cardiganshire, Wales
Died(1965-06-30)30 June 1965
BuriedSaint Afan's Church, Llanafan
52°19′53″N 3°55′56″W / 52.3313°N 3.9321°W / 52.3313; -3.9321
NationalityWelsh
ResidenceTrawsgoed, near Llanafan, Ceredigion
Wales
Wars and battlesWorld War I, World War II
Spouse(s)
Regina de Bittencourt
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(m. 1914; died 1944)​
Audrey Meakin
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(m. 1961)​
Issue4
HeirJohn Vaughan (son)
ParentsGeorge Vaughan, 6th Earl of Lisburne
Evelyn Probyn
OccupationLord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, High Sheriff

Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne KStJ (8 February 1892 – 30 June 1965), 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, and 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][2] resigning his commission in April 1914.[3] He fought in the First World War in the Welsh Guards,[1] where he was mentioned in dispatches[4] and was wounded. His wartime rank was made permanent after the war in 1921[5] until he resigned again in 1927.[6] 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.[7]

He held the office of High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1923.[8] He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire between 1923 and 1956.[9] He was vice-president of the University College of Wales in 1929.[citation needed] In 1935 he was appointed a Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (CStJ)[10] and in 1955 a Knight (KStJ).[11] He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.).[1]

1st Countess of Lisburne

Vaughan married his first wife, Maria Isabel Regina Aspasia de Bittencourt,[1][12][13] 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 (stepdaughter of Lewis Milles-Lade, 3rd Earl Sondes) on 14 November 1961.

Vaughan and his first wife had four children:

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hesilrige 1921.
  2. ^ "No. 28580". The London Gazette. 13 February 1912. p. 1064. (effective, 14 February 1912)
  3. ^ "No. 28823". The London Gazette. 21 April 1914. p. 3295.
  4. ^ "No. 31759". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 January 1920. p. 1224.
  5. ^ "No. 32584". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 January 1922. p. 617.
  6. ^ "No. 33272". The London Gazette. 6 May 1927. p. 2961.
  7. ^ "No. 37130". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1945. p. 3119.
  8. ^ "No. 32805". The London Gazette. 13 March 1923. p. 1990.
  9. ^ "No. 40779". The London Gazette. 15 May 1956. p. 2850.
  10. ^ "No. 34356". The London Gazette. 1 January 1937. p. 3.
  11. ^ "No. 40529". The London Gazette. 5 July 1955. p. 3881. (appointment, 1 July 1955)
  12. ^ "Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  13. ^ "PEER TO MARRY HEIRESS.; Lord Lisburne to Wed Miss Bittencourt of Rich Chilean Family" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 May 1914. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Oriel Malet - obituary". 12 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

Further reading

Honorary titles Preceded byLewis James Mathias High Sheriff of Cardiganshire 1923 Unknown Preceded byHerbert Davies-Evans Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire 1923–1956 Succeeded byJohn Hext Lewes Peerage of Ireland Preceded byGeorge Vaughan Earl of Lisburne 1899–1965 Succeeded byJohn Vaughan
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