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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Henry Vaughan the elder (1587? – 1660/61?) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1644. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War. He was extremely tall, 6 ft 7 to be precise.[citation needed]Vaughan was the son of Walter Vaughan of Golden Grove, and settled at Derwydd, Llandybie in Carmarthenshire. He was a younger brother of John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery.In 1620, he was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Carmarthen. He was re-elected in every election until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament.In April 1640, Vaughan was elected MP for Carmarthenshire in the Short Parliament and again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. From November 1642, Vaughan began raising a regiment in Carmarthenshire to fight for the Royalist cause under his nephew, the Earl of Carbery. He was knighted by the King at Oxford on 14 January 1643, and was disabled from sitting in parliament on 5 February 1644. He was Major-General of the Royalist forces in Pembrokeshire from 1643 until he was defeated at Pill in February 1644 by the Parliamentary leader, Rowland Laugharne. He left Haverfordwest and went to Carmarthen. He was captured at Bampton in the Bush and taken to London, where he was brought before the house at the same time as the Prisoners from the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645, and was sent to the Tower of London where he was a prisoner, allegedly as late as 1659, although he was reported on as a potential Royalist activist in Carmarthenshire in 1658. He made his will when living at Derwydd on 27 November 1660 and was dead before a probate inventory of his estate was made on 5 January 1661, prior to proof of his will at Carmarthen on the 22nd.Vaughan's fellow prisoner, Sir Francis Wortley, in his "Loyall Song of the Royall Feast kept by the Prisoners in the Towre" (1647), described Vaughan:Sir Harry Vaughan looks as graveAs any beard can make him,Those [who] came poore prisoners to seeDo for our Patriarke take him,Old Harry is a right true blue,As valiant as Pendraggon,And would be loyal to his kingHad King Charles ne'er a rag on.Vaughan's son, Sir Henry Vaughan the younger, was MP for Carmarthenshire for some years after the Restoration.. }

• Henry_Vaughan_(Royalist) abstract "Sir Henry Vaughan the elder (1587? – 1660/61?) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1644. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War. He was extremely tall, 6 ft 7 to be precise.[citation needed]Vaughan was the son of Walter Vaughan of Golden Grove, and settled at Derwydd, Llandybie in Carmarthenshire. He was a younger brother of John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery.In 1620, he was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Carmarthen. He was re-elected in every election until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament.In April 1640, Vaughan was elected MP for Carmarthenshire in the Short Parliament and again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. From November 1642, Vaughan began raising a regiment in Carmarthenshire to fight for the Royalist cause under his nephew, the Earl of Carbery. He was knighted by the King at Oxford on 14 January 1643, and was disabled from sitting in parliament on 5 February 1644. He was Major-General of the Royalist forces in Pembrokeshire from 1643 until he was defeated at Pill in February 1644 by the Parliamentary leader, Rowland Laugharne. He left Haverfordwest and went to Carmarthen. He was captured at Bampton in the Bush and taken to London, where he was brought before the house at the same time as the Prisoners from the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645, and was sent to the Tower of London where he was a prisoner, allegedly as late as 1659, although he was reported on as a potential Royalist activist in Carmarthenshire in 1658. He made his will when living at Derwydd on 27 November 1660 and was dead before a probate inventory of his estate was made on 5 January 1661, prior to proof of his will at Carmarthen on the 22nd.Vaughan's fellow prisoner, Sir Francis Wortley, in his "Loyall Song of the Royall Feast kept by the Prisoners in the Towre" (1647), described Vaughan:Sir Harry Vaughan looks as graveAs any beard can make him,Those [who] came poore prisoners to seeDo for our Patriarke take him,Old Harry is a right true blue,As valiant as Pendraggon,And would be loyal to his kingHad King Charles ne'er a rag on.Vaughan's son, Sir Henry Vaughan the younger, was MP for Carmarthenshire for some years after the Restoration.".