John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins

John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins

John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins (1802 – 28 September 1865) was a Welsh Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1832 and 1865.[1]

Watkins was the son of Rev. Thomas Watkins and his wife Susanna Vaughan. His father was rector of Llandyfaelog. Watkins was educated at Harrow and at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

At the 1832 general election Watkins was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon. He held the seat until 1835.[2] He was High Sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1836, and Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire from 1847.[1] In 1847 he was re-elected MP for Brecon which he held until 1852. In 1854 he was re-elected again for Brecon and held the seat until his death in 1865.[2] On 16 November 1847 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Royal Brecknockshire Militia.[3] He retired on 30 August 1860 and was appointed the regiment's first Honorary Colonel.[4]

Watkins lived at Penoyre House where he had an Italianate-style villa built by Anthony Salvin between 1846 and 1848.[5] He died at the age of 63.

  1. ^ a b c "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment Commons constituencies B Part 5". Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Arthur Sleigh, The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9.
  4. ^ London Gazette, 4 September 1860.
  5. ^ "Penoyre". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2010.