Earl of Carbery

Earl of Carbery, in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

He had already been created Baron Vaughan, of Mullingar in the County of Westmeath, on 13 July 1621, also in the Peerage of Ireland.

On 25 October 1643 Charles I created him Baron Vaughan, of Emlyn in the County of Carmarthen, in the Peerage of England, which entitled him to a seat in the English House of Lords.

Lord Carbery was therefore succeeded by his second son, John, the third Earl.

He notably served as Governor of Jamaica between 1675 and 1678 and as President of the Royal Society between 1686 and 1689.