Richard Vaughan (of Corsygedol)

Richard Vaughan (by 1606 – 19 July 1636) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629.

Vaughan was so corpulent and bulky that it was necessary to open the large door of the House of Commons to let him in "which was seldom opened except when the Usher of the Black Rod summoned the members to appear before the House of Lords.

When the door was opened the Lords used to whisper that Black Rod or the Welsh Mayor was coming.

[2] The couple had a son, William, and a daughter, with Elizabeth dying sometime before 25 October 1641.

William died relatively young in 1669, with one of his sons, Richard representing Merioneth in 1702.