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University of Cambridge, 4 Mill Ln, Cambridge CB2 1RZ
Heene Cemetery, Manor Rd, Worthing BN11 4RY, United Kingdom
Edward Thomas Vaughan (July 26, 1813 – January 7, 1900) was born in Leicester on July 26, 1813, the eldest son of the Reverend Edward Thomas Vaughan, Vicar of St Martin's,
Leicester, and his second wife, Agnes Pares, the daughter of Thomas Pares. He was baptised at St Martin's Church on July 28, 1813, and received his early education at a
private school.
Continuing his education at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted on June 9, 1830, he achieved notable academic distinction. He became a scholar in 1831, won the Bell University Scholarship the same year, and secured the Members' Prize in both 1833 and 1835. In 1834, he graduated as the 29th Wrangler and 7th Classic, subsequently earning his BA in 1834, his MA in 1837, and serving as a Fellow of Christ's College from 1837 to 1839. During his time at Cambridge, he was also a member of the elite intellectual discussion society known as the Cambridge Apostles. Decades later, he returned to Cambridge to deliver the Hulsean Lectures in 1875.
Following his graduation, he entered the Church of England clergy. He was ordained a deacon at Lincoln in 1836 and a priest in 1837. His early pastoral work included serving as a curate at St George's Church in Leicester from 1836 to 1838, at Hathern in Leicestershire from 1838 to 1841, and at Hodnet in Shropshire from 1841 to 1845.
On January 1, 1839, he married Mary Rose, the daughter of the Reverend Joseph Rose, Vicar of Rothley Temple. The couple had five children: Mary, Ellen, Lucy, Margaret, and Charles.
In 1845, Edward succeeded his father and preceded his brother Charles as the Vicar of St Martin's Church in Leicester, holding the post until 1859. Concurrently, he was appointed an Honorary Canon of Peterborough in 1846, a position he kept until 1877. In 1859, the family relocated to Hertfordshire when he accepted the living of Harpenden from the Lord Chancellor, serving as rector there until his retirement in 1896 due to advancing age. During his time in Hertfordshire, he also served as Rural Dean of St Albans for twenty years, a Proctor in Convocation from 1850 to 1894, and from 1877 until 1900 as an Honorary Canon of St Albans. He published a volume of University Sermons in 1850 alongside his 1875 Hulsean Lectures.
After retiring in 1898, Edward and his family moved to St Martin's Lodge in Richmond Road, Worthing, Sussex. He passed away there on January 17, 1900, at the age of eighty-six, and was buried at Heene Cemetery following a funeral service on January 20, 1900. Probate was granted on February 23, 1900, to Charles Edwyn Vaughan, Henry Tylston Hodgson, and Ellen Lydia Vaughan, with his effects valued at £10,510 5s 2d. His legacy is physically commemorated by the Vaughan Porch built at Leicester Cathedral in 1897 to honor the Vaughan family parish priests, and by Vaughan Road in Harpenden, which is named in his honor.
References:
 The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life 1st Edition by W.C. Lubenow |
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