Sir William Vaughan | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Remains_of_Shrawardine_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_464683.jpg) Remains of Shrawardine Castle, held by Vaughan for the Royalists during 1644-5 | |
| Nickname(s) | "The Devil of Shrawardine" |
| Born | c.1585 possibly Wales |
| Died | 2 August 1649 Rathmines |
| Allegiance |  Royalists |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Years of service | 1640s |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles / wars | First English Civil War Battle of Marston Moor Relief of Montgomery Castle Battle of Naseby Battle of Rowton Heath Battle of Denbigh Green Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold Irish Confederate Wars Battle of Rathconnell Battle of Rathmines † |
Sir William Vaughan (died 1649) was a cavalry officer in the armies of Charles I of England. Initially serving in Ireland during the Confederate Wars, the outbreak of the First English Civil War led to him being sent to England in 1644, at the head of an Anglo-Irish cavalry regiment, to reinforce the Royalist army.
Appointed General of Horse for the area of Wales and the Marches, he was involved in a large number of battles and skirmishes in the north and west, including the defeat of the last Royalist field army at Stow, where he was wounded but escaped capture.
Vaughan subsequently rejoined Royalist forces in Ireland, where he was killed at the Battle of Rathmines.