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. [1]
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. [1]
At the 1832 general election Watkins was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon. He held the seat until 1835. [2] He was High Sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1836, and Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire from 1847. [1] 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. [2] On 16 November 1847 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Royal Brecknockshire Militia. [3] He retired on 30 August 1860 and was appointed the regiment's first Honorary Colonel. [4]
Watkins lived at Penoyre House where he had an Italianate-style villa built by Anthony Salvin between 1846 and 1848. [5] He died at the age of 63.
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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Watkins