Henry Halford Vaughan

Henry Halford Vaughan
Born	(1811-08-27)27 August 1811 1 Montague Place, London, England
Died	19 April 1885(1885-04-19) (aged 73) Upton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation	Historian
Title	Regius Professor of Modern History
Term	1848–1858
Predecessor	John Antony Cramer
Successor	Goldwin Smith
Spouse	Adeline Maria Jackson ​ ​ (m. 1856⁠–⁠1881)​
Children	William Wyamar Vaughan
Parent	John Vaughan (puisne judge)

Sir Henry Halford Vaughan, or Harry (27 August 1811 – 19 April 1885), was an English historian, the Regius Professor of History at Oxford University, from 1848 to 1858. He was the son of Sir John Vaughan (1769–1839). In 1856 he married Adeline Maria Jackson (1831–1881), eldest sister of Julia Jackson. Two years later he retired to Upton Castle in Pembrokeshire. Their son was the educationalist William Wyamar Vaughan.

Selected works

• Two general lectures on modern history: delivered on inauguration, October, 1849, 1849
• Welsh proverbs with English translations, 1889

External links

• Rudrum, Alan. "Vaughan, Henry Halford". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28130. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Royal College of Physicians entry for Janet Vaughan