Ernest Augustus Malet Vaughan, 5th Earl of Lisburne

Portrait of Ernest Augustus Mallet, Fifth Earl of Lisburne (4674525)

Ernest Augustus Malet Vaughan, 5th Earl of Lisburne (1836-1888), was a prominent landowner in Cardiganshire, Wales who sought election to the British House of Commons at the 1868 General Election.

Early life

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Lisburne was the son of Ernest Vaughan, 4th Earl of Lisburne, whom he succeeded on 8 November 1873, and his wife, Mary (died 1851), second daughter of Sir Laurence Palk, Bt.. As this was an Irish peerage after 1801 it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords.

Family

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He was married on 24 June 1858 to Gertrude Laura, third daughter of Edwyn Burnaby of Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire.[1] She died in 1865.[2] He then married on 15 May 1878 Alice Probyn (1854-1933), daughter of Edmund. As a widow she remarried in 1889 to William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836-1910) and in 1914 to John Peter, Prince Sapieha (1865-1954).

Later life and death

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He succeeded his father in 1873 and died in 1888.[2] While maintaining his support for the Conservative cause he largely withdrew from active politics and played little part in county government nor the Quarter Sessions.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Death of the Earl of Lisburne". Welshman. 14 November 1873. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Death and funeral of the Earl of Lisburne". Cambrian News. 6 April 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Lisburne
1873–1888
Succeeded by