Vaughan Vaughan-Lee

Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee (25 February 1836 – 7 July 1882) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1882.

Biography[edit]

Vaughan-Lee was born Lee, the son of John Lee Lee of Dillington House, Ilminster and his first wife Jessy Edwards-Vaughan, daughter of John Edwards-Vaughan of Rheola. His father and maternal grandfather were MPs for Wells at the same time. (Vaughan-) Lee was educated at Eton College and joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers (21st) in 1854.

He took part in the Crimean War in 1854 to 1855 including the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Inkerman, the Siege of Sevastopol and the attack on the redan and Kinbourn. He was promoted to lieutenant in December 1854 and was wounded twice. In 1858, he became a captain and in 1859 retired from the army. He was a major in the Glamorganshire Light Infantry Militia, and a captain in the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry.

He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Glamorgan and Somerset and was High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1871.^[1] In 1874 he assumed the additional surname Vaughan.^[2]

At the 1874 general election Vaughan-Lee was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for West Somerset. He held the seat until he resigned shortly before his death at the age of 46 in 1882.^[3]

Vaughan-Lee married Clara Elizabeth Moore, daughter of George Moore of Appleby Hall, Leicestershire in 1861.

References[edit]

^ "No. 23704". The London Gazette. 8 February 1871. p. 474.
^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Vaughan Vaughan-Lee

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Preceded by William Gore-Langton Hon. Arthur Hood	Member of Parliament for West Somerset 1874 – 1882 With: Hon. Arthur Hood to 1880 Mordaunt Bisset from 1880	Succeeded by Mordaunt Bisset Edward Stanley

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[1] "No. 23704". The London Gazette. 8 February 1871. p. 474.

[Debrett-2] Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881

[3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)

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