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2 unusual facts about John Vaughan


Anne Vaughan, Countess of Carbery

She married John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery and in 1698 had their only surviving child, a daughter, Lady Anne Vaughan, who became the wife of Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton.

John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne

Vaughan married his first wife, Lady Malet Wilmot (d. 1709), daughter of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, on 18 August 1692.


Capture of Sint Eustatius

The Capture of Sint Eustatius took place in February 1781 during the American War of Independence when British army and naval forces under General John Vaughan and Admiral George Rodney seized the Dutch-owned Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius.

Earl of Lisburne

The titles of Baron Fethard, of Feathered in the County of Tipperary, and Viscount Lisburne, were created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1695 for John Vaughan, Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire and also Lord Lieutenant of that county.

Flag of Lord Howe Island

The unofficial flag of Lord Howe Island, which was designed by Sydney-based vexillologist John Vaughan, was first flown in November 1998.

Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery

He was the only surviving son of John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery and his first wife Margaret Meyrick, daughter of Sir Gilly Meyrick.


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