Sir John Vaughan

(1769-1839)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Vaughan, John, Sir, 1769-1839 NRA: Vaughan Sir John (1769-1839) Knight Judge DNB: Vaughan, Sir John (1769-1839), judge LBT ID: JoVaugh1839 VIAF ID: 70487562 LOC ID: n88175963	B/BAP: 1769-02-11 DIED: 1839-09-25
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The third son of James Vaughan MD of Leicester; he was solicitor-general to Queen Charlotte (1814) and attorney-general (1816) in which capacity he prosecuted Sir Francis Burdett for seditious libel.
REFERENCES TO Sir John Vaughan: James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 11