Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth

Matthew Lewis Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth (17 December 1840–21 August 1935) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician.

Background and education

Vaughan-Davies was born at Tan-y-Bwlch, Cardiganshire. He went to Harrow School, but only stayed for a year.

Political career

At the 1895 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiganshire. He held the seat until 1921 and was the oldest member of the House of Commons between 1918 and 1921. The latter year he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Ystwyth, of Tan-y-Bwlch in the County of Cardigan, in the 1921 New Year Honours.^[1]

Personal life

Lord Ystwyth had no children and the title became extinct on his death in August 1935, aged 94.

References

1. ^ London Gazette: no. 32196. p. 455. 18 January 1921.

• Obituary, The Times, 23 August 1935
• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Matthew Vaughan-Davies

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Bowen Rowlands	Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire 1895–1921	Succeeded by Ernest Evans
Preceded by Jesse Collings	Oldest Member of Parliament (not Father of the House) 1918–1921	Succeeded by Donald Macmaster
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Ystwyth 1921 – 1935	Extinct