Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne 1728-1800

In 1728 Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne was born to Wilmot Vaughan 3rd Viscount Lisburne.

On 15th January 1741 [his uncle] John Vaughan 2nd Viscount Lisburne [aged 46] died. His brother [his father] Wilmot succeeded 3rd Viscount Lisburne and 3rd Baron Fethard of Feathered in Tipperary.

Before 9th May 1755 Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 27] and Elizabeth Nightingale were married.

On 9th May 1755 [his son] Wilmot Vaughan 2nd Earl Lisburne was born to Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 27] and [his wife] Elizabeth Nightingale. His mother died ten days later.

On 19th May 1755 [his wife] Elizabeth Nightingale died from childbirth ten days after giving birth to her only child [his son] Wilmot Vaughan 2nd Earl Lisburne.

On 19th April 1763 Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 35] and Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 30] were married.

On 13th May 1764 [his daughter] Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan was born to Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 36] and [his wife] Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 31]. She married 15th May 1792 Lawrence Palk 2nd Baronet, son of Robert Palk 1st Baronet and Anne van Sittart Lady Palk, and had issue.

In 1766 Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Lisburne. [his wife] Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 33] by marriage Countess Lisburne.

On 19th January 1766 [his father] Wilmot Vaughan 3rd Viscount Lisburne died. His son Wilmot [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Viscount Lisburne and 3rd Baron Fethard of Feathered in Tipperary. [his wife] Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 33] by marriage Viscountess Lisburne.

On 3rd May 1769 [his son] John Vaughan 3rd Earl Lisburne was born to Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 41] and [his wife] Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 36]. He married 2nd August 1798 his half fourth cousin once removed Lucy Courtenay Countess Lisburne, daughter of William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon and Frances Clack Countess Devon.

On 15th May 1792 [his son-in-law] Lawrence Palk 2nd Baronet [aged 26] and Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 64] and Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 59].

On 2nd August 1798 John Vaughan 3rd Earl Lisburne [aged 29] and Lucy Courtenay Countess Lisburne [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon and Frances Clack Countess Devon. He the son of Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 70] and Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 65]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

On 6th January 1800 Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 72] died. His son Wilmot [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Earl Lisburne, 3rd Viscount Lisburne. The second Earl Lisburne was incurably insane, and his estates were placed in the hands of trustees.

On 12th September 1805 [his former wife] Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 72] died.