John Vaughan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  in 1654. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War

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John Vaughan of Kevenbodig was a captain in the Royalist army and a commissioner of array in 1642. However by 1654 he was accepted by the Commonwealth authories and was elected in that year as Member of Parliament

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 for Merioneth

Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)

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. His election was opposed in a petition by Rice Vaughan of Grays Inn.