John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins

British politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1802, Sennybridge, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Death28 September 1865 (aged 63 years)
Family
Children:George Watkins Holden
Education
Christ Church
The details

Biography

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.

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.

At the 1832 general election Watkins was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon. He held the seat until 1835. He was High Sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1836, and Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire from 1847. 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.

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

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