for others with the same name see Henry Vaughan (disambiguation)

Henry Vaughan (disambiguation)

Henry Vaughan may refer to:*Sir Henry Vaughan the elder , Welsh Member of Parliament and Royalist military leader during the English Civil War*Sir Henry Vaughan the younger , his son, Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire 1668-1679...

Sir Henry Vaughan (1721–1754) was a Radnorshire

Radnorshire

Radnorshire is one of thirteen historic and former administrative counties of Wales. It is represented by the Radnorshire area of Powys, which according to the 2001 census, had a population of 24,805...

 landowner. In March 1754 a warrant was issued for his arrest for committing 'unnatural and repugnant acts'. The mob reached him first and he was bludgeoned and dismembered in the grounds of his home, now known as the Radnorshire Arms

Radnorshire Arms

The Radnorshire Arms is a well-preserved Jacobean building in the Welsh border town of Presteigne, in Powys, and the hub of its tourist industry. It is unique for an extensive network of subterranean passages and dungeons, used during the English civil war for the torture of Parliamentarian...

, where his remains are buried beneath a cherry

Cherry

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 tree.

Vaughan left behind a large body of poems and plays dealing with Sadism

Sadism and masochism

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, much of which has been lost or destroyed. However, several vivid fragments survive on display in the Presteigne

Presteigne

Presteigne is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historic county of Radnorshire, and is in the Diocese of Hereford...

 Museum

Museum

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 and he can be seen, as a British

British people

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 precursor, albeit obscure, to the Marquis de Sade

Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...

.